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1590 - Francis Walsingham English Secretary of State, dies at about age 57.

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1593 - Henry Barrow English puritian/Congressionalist, hanged.

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1593 - John Greenwood English Congressionalist, hanged.

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1605 - John Stow British historian, dies.

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1634 - Heeren XIX asks "to secure Eylands Curaçao".

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1652 - Cape Colony, the first European settlement in South Africa, established by John of Riebeeck.

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1663 - King Charles II signs Carolina Charter.

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1664 - France and Saksen sign alliance.

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1671 - Birth of Jean-Baptiste Rousseau French playwright/poet (Sacred Odes and Songs).

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1672 - Birth of Andre Cardinal Destouches composer.

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