Earl Earnest Casimir conquerors Oldenzaal

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Emperor Ferdinand II demands Austria Protestant convert to Catholicism

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Francesco Gonzaga, composer, dies at 37

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Ahmed II, 21st sultan of Turkey (1691-95) [or Feb 25, 1643]

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Antoine Mouque, composer

Birth

Battle at St Gotthard: Earl Raimondo Montecucculi beats Ahmed Kiprulu

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Paul Foot, lawyer/historian, dies at 48

Death

Pietro Giuseppe Sandoni, composer

Birth

Benedetto Marcello, Italian author/composer (Lettera Famigliare)

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Battle at Staffarda: French army beats Victor Amadeus van Savoye

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Surrounded Czar Peter the Great flees Azov

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Richard Wilson, Welsh landscape painter

Birth

Anne Stuart, queen of England (1702-14), dies at about 49

Death

Monarch Georg Ludwig becomes king George I of England

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1st sculling race (London Bridge to Chelsea)

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Waterman's race on Thames 1st rowed

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Foundation laid for Bank of England

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Richard Savage, English poet/playwright, dies at about 46

Death

Jean-Baptiste-Pierre-Antoine Monnet de Lamarck, French zoologist

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Charles, 3rd earl Stanhope, England, radical politician/scientist

Birth

Giuseppe Antonio Capuzzi, composer

Birth

Battle at Minden, Westfalen: Ferdinand van Brunswick beats France

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Jeffrey Wyatville, architect

Birth

Ignaz Anton Franz Xavier Ladurner, pianist/composer

Birth

William Clark, Charlottsville VA, 2nd lt of Lewis and Clark Expedition

Birth