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1673 - Adam Pijnacker Dutch landscape painter/etcher, buried at age 51.

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1677 - Wenzel Hollar Bohemia cartoonist/etcher, dies at about age 69.

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1687 - Constantine Huygens diplomat/poet/composer (Bluebottles), dies at age 90.

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1701 - Domenico Guidi Italian sculptor, dies at age 75.

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1712 - Jan van der Heyden Dutch inventor (street lantern), dies at age 75.

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1727 - Birth of Maximilian III Jozef Elector of Bayern (1745-77).

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1729 - Birth of Pieter Fouquet Dutch art seller (Atlas of Fouquet).

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1731 - Birth of Rámon de la Cruz Spanish playwright/interpreter.

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1737 - Birth of Francesco Zannetti composer.

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1738 - English parliament declares war on Spain (War of Jenkin's Ear).

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