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Historical Event(s)
– With the death of Swedish King Charles X Gustav, the Swedish government can start to seek peace with Sweden’s enemies in the Second Northern War – something that Charles X Gustav had refused. As his son and successor on the throne, Charles XI, is only four years old, a regency takes over the ruling of Sweden until 1672.
– Charles XI becomes King of Sweden.
– The Long Parliament dissolved.
– Declaration of Breda by King Charles II of England.
– Treaty of Oliwa is established between Sweden and Poland.
– English Restoration: Charles II is restored to the throne of Great Britain.
– Mary Dyer is hanged for defying a law banning Quakers from the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
– Nine Regicides, the men who signed the death warrant of Charles I, are hanged, drawn and quartered.
– At Gresham College, 12 men, including Christopher Wren, Robert Boyle, John Wilkins, and Sir Robert Moray decide to found what is later known as the Royal Society.
– A woman (either Margaret Hughes or Anne Marshall) appears on an English public stage for the first time, in the role of Desdemona in a production of Shakespeare’s play Othello.
Who Were Born On ?
– Friedrich Hoffmann, German physician and chemist (d. 1742)
– Sir Hans Sloane, British collector and physician (d. 1753)
– Alessandro Scarlatti, Italian composer (d. 1725)
– Andreas Schlüter, German sculptor (d. 1714)
– Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury, English politician (d. 1718)
– Hubert Gautier, French scientist and civil engineer (d. 1737)
– Robert Bertie, 1st Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, English statesman (d. 1723)
– Georg Ernst Stahl, German scientist (d. 1734)
– Daniel Ernst Jablonski, German theologian (d. 1741)
– André Campra, French composer (d. 1744)