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1667  English fleet plunders Suriname plantations   

1667  Fasilides, Emperor of Ethiopia.   

1668  Johan Georg IV, elector of Saxony (1691-94).   

1669  Abraham Willaerts, painter (Brazil), dies.   

1672  Poland and Turkey sign Peace of Buczacz   

1676  Nathaniel Bacon, rallied against Virginian govt, killed at 29   

1678  Cornelis Galle II, Flemish engraver/illustrator, dies at 63.   

1685  Louis XIV revokes Edict of Nantes, outlaws Protestantism.   

1685  French king Louis XIV revoked Edict van Nantes.   

1697  Giovanni Canaletto, Venetian painter (Venicei Regatta on Grand Canal).   

1706  Baldassare Galuppi, Italian composer (opera's buffa).   

1708  Henry Van Nassau, stable master/fieldmarshal, dies at 67   

1712  Jeremias van Riemsdijk, gov-general of Dutch Indies (1775-77)   

1748  Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, ends War of Austrian Succession.   

1752  Premiere of Rousseau's opera "Le Devin du Village"   

1767  Boundary between Md and Pa, the Mason Dixon line, agreed upon   

1767  Boundary between MD and PA, Mason Dixon line, agreed upon.   

1767  Joseph Paul Ziegler, composer, dies at 45.   

1771  Robert Praelisauer, composer, dies at 62.   

1774  Adolfs Muller, writer   

1775  African-American poet Phillis Wheatley freed from slavery   

1776  In a NY bar decorated with bird tail, customer orders "cock tail"   

1777  Heinrich von Kleist, Germany, dramatist/poet (Penthesilea)   

1785  Thomas Love Peacock, English author (Headlong Hall).   

1788  Jean-Guillain Cardon, composer, dies at 56   

1789  Giovanni Tadolini, composer   

1794  Ferdinand Lukas Schubert, composer.   

1804  Rama IV, [Phra Chomklao Chaoyuhua], king of Thailand (1851-68)   

1806  John Breckinridge Grayson, Brig Genl (Confederate Army), died in 1861.   

1811  Hugh Thompson Reid, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1874.   

1818  Edward Otho Cresap Ord, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1883   

1829  Charles Sidney Winder, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862   

1830  Peter I Petrovic Njegos, bishop (Montenegro), dies.   

1831  Frederik III NK of Hohenzollern, German Kaiser/king of Prussia   

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1127  Emperor go-shirakawa of japan: Emperor go-shirakawa of japan (d. 1192)   

1239  Stefanus v: Prince of transylvania/king of hungary (1270-72)   

1405  Pius ii: [aenea s piccolomini], italian pope (1458-64) (cynthia)   

1517  Manoel da nóbrega: Portuguese jesuit in brazil   

1547  Justus lipsius: [joost lips], dutch classic philologist/historian   

1569  Giambattista marini: Italian poet   

1595  Edward winslow: Plymouth colony founder   

1611  Valentin strobel: Composer   

0707  John vii: Greek pope (705-07),   

1035  Death of Sancho iii of navarre: Sancho iii of navarre   

1101  Hugh of vermandois: Son of henry i of france (b. 1053)   

1141  Death of Margrave leopold iv of austria: Margrave leopold iv of austria   

1216  Death of John: King of england (1199-1216, magna charta),   

1340  Henry henricus of friemar: Augustine philosopher,   

1382  Death of James butler: 2nd earl of ormonde (b. 1331)   

1417  Death of Gregorius xii: [angelo correr], pope (1406-15),