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1591 - Gerard de Jode Flemish publisher, dies.

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1626 - Birth of Madame Marie de Sévigné Paris, celebrated letter-writer (Portrait in Letters).

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1631 - Rhode Island, founder, Roger Williams arrives in Boston from England.

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1644 - First US livestock branding law passed, by Connecticut.

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1649 - Prince of Wales becomes English king Charles II.

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1658 - Maria Margaretha van Angels Dutch prioress at Oirschot, dies at age 52.

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1662 - Birth of Giuseppi Vignola composer.

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1663 - In the St. Lawrence River valley (Canada), an Intensity X earthquake occurs, causing vast landslides along the St. Maurice, Batiscan, and St. Lawrence Rivers.

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1679 - German emperor Leopold I signs peace with France.

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1679 - Joost van den Vondel Dutch poet (Gysbreght van Aemstel), dies at age 91.

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