Abel Tasman is 1st European in New Zealand

Event

Tirso de Molina, Spanish author, dies at about 63

Death

1st naturalization act in American colonies

Event

New Jersey becomes a British colony

Event

French van Mieris, the Elder, Dutch genre painter, dies at 45

Death

George Berkeley, Ireland, philosopher/bishop of Cloyne

Birth

Former English King James II lands in Ireland

Event

Thomas Augustine Arne, English composer (Alfred, Rule Britannia)

Birth

Antonius Schultingh, [Schultingius], Dutch lawyer, dies at 74

Death

Galileo's body moved to Church of Santa Croce in Florence, Italy

Event

George Berkeley, philosopher/bishop (Cloyne), dies on 68th birthday

Death

1st steam engine in America installed, to pump water from a mine

Event

Georges Couthon, French politician

Birth

Leopold earl of Limburg Stirum, Dutch general/politician [or March 22]

Birth

Carolus Antonius Fodor, composer

Birth

Jeanne Baptiste Pointe de Sable found settlement now known as Chicago

Event

Pierre J David, [David d'Angers], French sculptor

Birth

US Post Office established

Event

Augustin-Philippe Peellaert, composer

Birth

Austria declares war on France

Event

Louis-Prosper Gachard, Belgian historian

Birth

Jane Means Appleton Pierce, 1st lady (1853-57)

Birth

Gerrit van der Linde Jz, "Schoolmaster", Dutch poet

Birth

David Stuart, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1868

Birth

John Lorimar Worden, Capt (Union Navy), died in 1897

Birth