Page 2: Historical Events In 1657

Sep 28   Emilia Secunda Antwerpiana, daugher of Willem of Orange, dies at 75   

Oct 01   Treaty of Raalte: Willem II no longer viceroy of Overijssel   

Oct 03   French troops occupy Mardyke   

Nov 06   Brandenburg and Poland sign unity of Bromberg.   

Nov 11   Guido Starhemberg, Austria earl/fieldmarshal (Turkish Wars)   

Dec 15   Michel-Richard Delalande, composer   

Dec 27   The Flushing Remonstrance is signed.   

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Jan 17   Pieter van bloemen: [standaart], flemish painter, baptized   

Jan 18   Hendrik casimir ii: Dutch fieldmarshal (nassau)   

Feb 11   Bernard fontenelle: France, scientist/writer (plurality of worlds)   

Mar 01   Samuel werenfels: Swiss theologian    

Mar 18   Giuseppe ottavio pitoni: Italian composer   

Mar 24   Arai hakuseki: Japanese writer and politician   

May 05   Jacques danican philidor: Composer   

Jun 03   Manuel de egues: Composer   

Feb 10   Sebastian stosskopf: Elzabethian painter,   

Mar 26   Jacob van eyck: Dutch blind flautist/carillonneur,   

Apr 02   Ferdinand iii: King of hungarian/bohemia/german emperor,    

May 09   William bradford: Governor (plymouth colony, mass),   

May 10   Gustaf horn: Swedish soldier and politician (b. 1592)   

May 16   Andrzej bobola: Polish jesuit missionary (b. 1591)   

Jun 03   William harvey: English physician (b. 1578)   

Jun 26   Tobias michael: Composer,