Date | Event |
---|---|
Jan 8 |
Samuel, Freiherr von Pufendorf, German jurist |
Jan 29 |
Johann Georg Graevius, German classical scholar and critic (d. 1703) |
Feb 18 |
Giovanni Battista Vitali, composer |
Feb 20 |
Thomas Osborne, Duke of Leeds, English PM (1690-94)/founder (Tories) |
Apr 2 |
Georg Caspar Weckler, composer |
Apr 6 |
Maria Leopoldine of Austria, Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. 1649) |
May 8 |
Heino Heinrich Graf von Flemming, German marshal (d. 1706) |
Jun 10 |
Esprit Fléchier, French writer and bishop (d. 1710) |
Jul 6 |
Albert Schop, composer |
Jul 6 |
Pietro Reggio, composer |
Aug 2 |
Kaspar von Stieler, German poet (Teutsche Wolredner) |
Aug 20 |
Louis Bourdaloue, French Jesuit preacher (d. 1704) |
Aug 29 |
John Locke, Wrington England, empiricist philosopher; disproved substance |
Oct 20 |
Christopher Wren, East Knoyle, Wiltshire, England, astronomer/great architect (St. Paul's Cathedral), (d. 1723) |
Oct 20 |
Christopher Wren, Episode dated 21 February 2013 |
Oct 24 |
Antony van Leeuwenhoek, Hol, naturalist (Philosophical Transactions) |
Oct 30 |
Richard Brinsley Sheridan, playwright (School for Scandal) (or 1751) |
Oct 31 |
Jan Vermeer, Holland, painter (Procuress, Astronomer), (d. 1675) |
Nov 23 |
Jean Mabillon, French palaeographer and diplomat (d. 1707) |
Nov 24 |
Baruch "Benedict" de Spinoza, Amsterdam, rationalist philosopher |
Nov 28 |
Jean-Baptiste Lully, Florence Italy, composer |
Nov 28 |
Jean-Baptiste Lully, Quills |
Dec 17 |
Anthony Wood, English antiqurian (d. 1695) |
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