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| align="center" colspan=2 | 1630s 1640s - 1650s ''' - 1660s 1670s 1680s
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| align="center" | - 17th Century ''' - 18th Century
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Events
Births
''See also .''
Deaths
- January 7 - Theophilus Eaton , Connecticut colonist (b. 1590 )
- January 13 - Edward Sexby , English Puritan soldier (b. 1616 )
- April 7 - Juan Eusebio Nieremberg , Spanish mystic (b. 1595 )
- April 29 - John Cleveland , English poet (b. 1613 )
- September 3 - Oliver Cromwell , Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland (b. 1599 )
- September 22 - Georg Philipp Harsdorffer , German poet (b. 1607 )
- November 6 - Pierre Du Ryer , French dramatist (b. 1606 )
- November 8 - Witte Corneliszoon De With , Dutch naval officer (b. 1599 )
- December 6 - Baltasar Gracián Y Morales , Spanish writer (b. 1601 )
''See also .''
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