Today in History for Year 1623
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Months in Year 1623: January February March April May June July August September October November December
Historical Events
Events 1 - 6 of 6
Feb 25th - Duke Maximilian I of Bavaria becomes monarch of Palts
Mar 5th - 1st American temperance law enacted, Virginia
Apr 29th - 11 Dutch ships depart for the conquest of Peru
Jun 14th - 1st breach-of-promise lawsuit: Rev Gerville Pooley, Va files against Cicely Jordan, he loses
Aug 6th - Maffeo Barberini elected Pope Urban VIII
Nov 1st - Fire at Plymouth, Massachusetts destroys several buildings
Famous Birthdays
Birthdays 1 - 12 of 12
Jan 31st - Francois-Xavier de Laval
Mar 14th - Adam-Nicolas Gascon, composer
Apr 23rd - Jan Adam Reincken, composer
Apr 27th - Johann Adam Reincken, composer
May 27th - William Petty, English scientist and philosopher (d. 1687)
May 30th - Wallerand Vaillant, painter/engraver, baptized
May 30th - John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater, English politician (d. 1686)
Jun 15th - Cornelis de Witt, Dutch statesman (Chatham)
Jun 19th - Blaise Pascal, mathematician/physicist/religious writer (Pascal)
Aug 5th - Antonio Cesti, composer
Aug 23rd - Stanisław Lubieniecki, Polish astronomer (d. 1675)
Oct 17th - Francis Turretin, Swiss theologian (d. 1687)
Famous Deaths
Deaths 1 - 12 of 12
Jan 14th - Paolo Sarpi, Italian church historian/politician, dies at 70
Feb 8th - Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, English politician (b. 1546)
Mar 19th - Uesugi Kagekatsu, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1556)
Jun 16th - Christian, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg-Wolfenbüttel, German Protestant military leader (b. 1599)
Jul 4th - William Byrd, English composer (Ave verum corpus), dies at 80
Jul 8th - Gregory XV, [Alessandro Ludovisi], bishop of Bologna/Pope, dies at 69
Aug 6th - Anne Hathaway, wife of William Shakespeare, dies
Sep 10th - John I Van de Velde, calligrapher (Mirror of Write-Konste), dies
Oct 21st - William Wade, English statesman and diplomat (b. 1546)
Nov 9th - William Camden, English historian: Brittania/Annales, dies at 72
Nov 11th - Philippe de Mornay, French writer (b. 1549)
Dec 1st - Thomas Weelkes, composer, dies at 47
