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Historical Event(s)
– Sir Humphrey Gilbert establishes the first English colony in North America, at what is now St John’s, Newfoundland.
– Cologne War: Forces under Ernest of Bavaria defeats the troops under Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg at the Siege of Godesberg.
Who Were Born On ?
– Simon Episcopius, Dutch theologian (d. 1643)
– Jean-Baptiste Morin, French scientist (d. 1656)
– Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury, English diplomat, poet, and philosopher (d. 1648)
– Hugo Grotius, Dutch philosopher and writer (d. 1645)
– Axel Oxenstierna, Swedish statesman (d. 1654)
– Jacob De la Gardie, Swedish soldier and statesman (d. 1652)
– Albrecht von Wallenstein, Austrian general (d. 1634)
– Juan Martínez de Jáuregui y Aguilar, Spanish poet (d. 1641)
– Orlando Gibbons, English composer (d. 1625)