Urban VIII, [Maffeo Barberini], Pope (1623-44), dies

Death

Johann Theile, German composer (Adam and Eve)

Birth

David Teniers I, Flemish painter (altaar stukken), dies

Death

Biggest townhall in the world opens in Amsterdam

Event

Christopher Simpson, composer, dies

Death

Nathaniel Bacon declared a rebel for assembling frontiersmen to protect settlers from Indians

Event

Battle at Neerwinden: French beats English/Dutch army

Event

French king Louis XIV and Victor Amadeua van Savoye signs peace

Event

10 Spanish treasure galleons sinks off Florida coast by hurricane

Event

Christleib Siegmund Binder, composer

Birth

Johannes Ritschel, composer

Birth

1st international world title prize fight-Jack Stack of England, beats challenger M Petit of France in 29 mins in England

Event

Franz Gotz, composer

Birth

Antonius van Gils, Dutch RC theologist (opposed Enlightenment)

Birth

1st schoolhouse west of Allegheny Mtns completed, Schoenbrunn, OH

Event

Carl Borromaus Neuner, composer

Birth

Skaptar Volcano on Iceland erupts killing about 9,000

Event

Franz Asplmayr, composer, dies at 58

Death

1st newspaper published west of Alleghanies, Pitts Gazette

Event

Christoph Rheineck, composer, dies at 48

Death

Alexis de Tocqueville, France, statesman/writer (Democracy in America)

Birth

SelŒm III, poet/composer/sultan of Turkey (1789-1808), dies

Death

James Blair Steedman, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1883

Birth

Clement Laird Vallandigham, MC (Union), died in 1871

Birth

Micah Hawkins, composer, dies at 48

Death