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Historical Event(s)
– John Casor becomes the first legally-recognized slave in England’s North American colonies.
– Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, is discovered by Christiaan Huygens.
– England, with troops under the command of Admiral William Penn and General Robert Venables, annexes Jamaica from Spain.
– Russo-Polish War (1654-1667): the Russian army enters the capital of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Vilnius, which it holds for six years.
– Warsaw falls without resistance to a small force under the command of Charles X Gustav of Sweden during The Deluge.
– Second Northern War/the Deluge: Monks at the Jasna Góra Monastery in Częstochowa are successful in fending off a month-long siege.
Who Were Born On ?
– Christian Thomasius, German jurist (d. 1728)
– Empress Eleonore-Magdalena of Neuburg of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1720)
– Bartolomeo Cristofori, Italian maker of musical instruments (d. 1731)
– Pope Innocent XIII (d. 1724)
– Charles XI of Sweden (d. 1697)
– Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis, First Lord of the British Admiralty (d. 1698)