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Historical Event(s)
– The Scottish National Covenant is signed in Edinburgh.
– Anne Hutchinson is expelled from Massachusetts Bay Colony for religious dissent.
– Swedish colonists establish the first European settlement in Delaware, naming it New Sweden.
– Tokugawa shogunate forces put down the Shimabara Rebellion when they retake Hara Castle from the rebels.
Who Were Born On ?
– Emperor Go-Sai of Japan (d. 1685)
– Johann Georg Gichtel, German mystic (d. 1710)
– Shunzhi Emperor of China (d. 1661)
– Frederik Ruysch, Dutch physician and anatomist (d. 1731)
– Henry Capell, 1st Baron Capell, First Lord of the British Admiralty (d. 1696)
– Richard Simon, French Biblical critic (d. 1712)
– David Teniers III, Flemish painter (d. 1685)
– Louis XIV of France (d. 1715)
– Maria Theresa of Spain, queen of Louis XIV of France (d. 1683)
– Queen Catherine of Braganza, consort of Charles II of England (d. 1705)