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Events
Births
- January 18 - François-Michel Le Tellier, Marquis De Louvois , French war minister (d. 1691 )
- March - Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl Of Rochester (d. 1711 )
- April 8 - Henry Sydney, 1st Earl Of Romney , English statesman (d. 1704 )
- April 15 - Robert Sibbald , Scottish physician and antiquarian (d. 1722 )
- May 10 - Dudley North , English economist (d. 1691 )
- May 28 - Janez Vajkard Valvasor , Slovenian polymath (d. 1693 )
- June 30 - Meinhardt Schomberg, 3rd Duke Of Schomberg , Irish general (d. 1719 )
- July 30 - Regnier De Graaf , Dutch physician and anatomist (d. 1673 )
- August 5 - John Hathorne , American magistrate (d. 1717 )
- October 5 - Françoise-Athénaïs, Marquise De Montespan , mistress of Louis XIV Of France (d. 1707 )
- November 23 - Anthonie Heinsius , Dutch statesman (d. 1720 )
- Pierre Allix , French protestant clergyman (d. 1717 )
''See also .''
Deaths
- January 3 - Jeremiah Horrocks , English astronomer
- January 11 - Juan Martínez De Jáuregui Y Aguilar , Spanish poet (b. 1583 )
- March 8 - Xu Xiake , Chinese adventurer (b. 1587 )
- April 13 - Richard Montagu , English clergyman (b. 1577 )
- April 15 - Domenico Zampieri , Italian painter (b. 1581 )
- May 10 - Johan Banér , Swedish soldier (b. 1596 )
- May 12 - Thomas Wentworth, Earl Of Strafford , English statesman (b. 1593 )
- November 9 - Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand , Governor of the Netherlands and Bishop of Toledo
- December 9 - Sir Anthony Van Dyck , Dutch painter (b. 1599 )
''See also .''
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