English Upper house accept Act of Attainder

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John A "Joannes" Antonides van der Goes, poet (Bellone aen bant)

Birth

Johann Valentin Meder, composer

Birth

Fran‡ois van Kinschot, treasurer-gen/chancellor of Brabant, dies at 77

Death

Bridge at Rowley Mass begins charging tolls for animals

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Sweden, Poland, Brandenburg and Austria sign Peace of Oliva

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Johannes Hevelius observes 3rd transit of Mercury ever to be seen

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Royal charter granted Connecticut

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French conquering fleet at Cura‡ao, 1200 die

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Carolus van der Abeele, Flemish jesuit/author (Introduction … l'amour)

Birth

Jan J Mauricius, Dutch governor-general of Suriname (1742-51)

Birth

Eglon van de Down, still-life painter, dies

Death

Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber, Austrian violist/composer, dies at 59

Death

Michiel de Swaen, South Netherlands physician/poet, dies at 53

Death

Johann Adolph Scheibe, German music theroist/composer

Birth

Edmund Halley observes total eclipse phenomenon "Baily's Beads"

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Pierre de Marivaux' "La Double Inconstance," premieres in Paris

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Florian Leopold Gassmann, composer

Birth

Abraham Patras, gov-gen of East-Indies (1735-37), dies at 65

Death

Friedrich Schwindl, composer

Birth

Jean-Baptiste Krumphultz, composer

Birth

Freidrich Wilhelm Weis, composer

Birth

Willem IV appointed viceroy of Holland/Utrecht

Event

Braz Francisco de Lima, composer

Birth

Benedict XIV, [Prospero L Lambertini], Pope (1740-58), dies at 83

Death