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Historical Event(s)
– Nine Years War: Battle of Curlew Pass – Irish forces led by Hugh Roe O'Donnell successfully ambush English forces, led by Sir Conyers Clifford, sent to relieve Collooney Castle.
– Michael the Brave, Prince of Wallachia, defeats the Army of Andrew Bathory in the Battle of Şelimbăr, leading to the first recorded unification of the Romanian people.
– The city of Natal, Brazil is founded.
Who Were Born On ?
– Pope Alexander VII (d. 1667)
– Anthony van Dyck, Flemish painter (d. 1641)
– Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland (d. 1658)
– Diego Velázquez, Spanish painter (d. 1660)
– Méric Casaubon, English classical scholar (d. 1671)
– Christian the Younger, German Protestant military leader (d. 1623)
– Francesco Borromini, Swiss Italian architect (d. 1667)
– Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles, English statesman and writer (d. 1680)
– Ottavio Piccolomini, Austrian-Italian field marshal (d. 1656)