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1598 - Johan Georg elector of Brandenburg (1571-91), dies at age 72.

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1628 - Birth of François de Montmorency-Bouteville duc de Luxembourg, French soldier.

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1632 - Birth of Samuel Freiherr von Pufendorf in Dorfchemnitz, Saxony; developer of the concept of "natural law".

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1642 - Galileo Galilei, Italian physicist/astronomer, dies at age 78 in Arceti, Italy.

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1651 - Giovanni Battista Gagliano composer, dies at age 56.

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1656 - Oldest surviving commercial newspaper begins (Haarlem, Netherlands).

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1658 - Birth of Nicolas Coustou French sculptor (Descente de Croix).

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1668 - Birth of Jean Gilles composer.

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1675 - First American commercial corporation chartered (New York Fishing Co).

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1696 - Michael de Ronghe composer, dies at age 75.

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