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Historical Event(s)
– The “Fundamental Orders”, the first written constitution that created a government, is adopted in Connecticut.
– Harvard College is named for clergyman John Harvard.
– Imperial forces are defeated by the Swedes at the Battle of Chemnitz. The Swedish victory prolongs the Thirty Year’s War and allows them to advance into Bohemia.
– Madras (now Chennai), India, is founded by the British East India Company on a sliver of land bought from local Nayak rulers.
Who Were Born On ?
– Daniel Georg Morhof, German writer and scholar (d. 1691)
– Ivan Mazepa, Hetman of Ukraine (d. 1709)
– Hans Herr, Mennonite bishop (d. 1725)
– William Russell, Lord Russell, English politician (d. 1683)
– Simon van der Stel the last Commander and first Governor of the Cape Colony, the Dutch settlement at the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa (d. 1712)
– Jean Racine, French dramatist (d. 1699)