Date | Event |
---|---|
Jan 9 |
Johann Weichmann, composer |
Jan 31 |
Georg F von Waldeck, German commander-in-chief |
Feb 4 |
Gustaf Bonde, Swedish statesman (d. 1667) |
Feb 15 |
Francois Charpentier, French scholar/archaeologist |
Feb 16 |
Frederick William, Great Elector, founder of Brandenburg-Prussia |
Mar 12 |
Johann Heinrich Hottinger, Swiss philologist and theologian (d. 1667) |
Apr 17 |
Marguerite Bourgeoys, Troyes France, founder of the Congregation of Notre Dame (first Canadian saint) |
Apr 24 |
John Graunt, statistician, founder of science of demography |
May 23 |
Pieter Neefs, the Younger, Flemish painter, baptized |
Jul 21 |
Jean Picard, French astronomer |
Jul 29 |
Nicolaas Heinsius, Dutch philologist/diplomat |
Aug 12 |
Pieter Cuypers, S Neth lawyer |
Sep 6 |
Isabella Leonarda, composer |
Sep 29 |
John L baron of Elderen, 63rd prince-bishop of Luik (1688-94) |
Oct 1 |
Nicolaes Pietersz Berchem, Dutch landscape painter/etcher |
Oct 20 |
Aelbert Cuyp, Dutch painter (d. 1691) |
Oct 30 |
Michael de Ronghe, composer |
Oct 31 |
John Evelyn, British diarist (Life of Mrs Godolphin) |
Nov 10 |
Ninon de l'Enclos, French courtesan and writer (d. 1705) |
Nov 20 |
Peregrine White, son of Wm & Susanna White, born aboard Mayflower |
Dec 18 |
Heinrich Roth, German Sanskrit scholar (d. 1668) |
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