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Historical Event(s)
– Miyamoto Musashi defeats Sasaki Kojiro at Funajima island.
– The “Samlesbury witches”, three women from the Lancashire village of Samlesbury, England, are put on trial, accused for practicing witchcraft, one of the most famous witch trials in English history.
– (22 October O.S.) Time of Troubles in Russia: Moscow, Kitai-gorod, is captured by Russian troops under command of Dmitry Pozharsky
– Galileo Galilei becomes the first astronomer to observe the planet Neptune, although he mistakenly catalogued it as a fixed star.
Who Were Born On ?
– Antoine Arnauld, French theologian, philosopher and mathematician (d. 1694)
– Thomas Killigrew, English dramatist (d. 1683)
– Samuel Butler, English poet (d. 1680)
– George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol, English statesman (d. 1677)
– John Pearson, English theologian (d. 1686)
– André Tacquet, Flemish mathematician (d. 1660)
– John Albert Vasa, Polish bishop (d. 1634)
– Saskia van Uylenburgh, wife of Rembrandt van Rijn (d. 1642)
– Marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn, Dutch scholar (d. 1653)
– Dorgon, Manchu prince (d. 1650)