Today in History for August 1635
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Months in 1635: January February March April May June July September October November December
Historical Events
Events 1 - 2 of 2
3rd - The third of the Tokugawa shoguns, Iemitsu, establishes the system of alternate attendance (sankin kotai) by which the feudal daimyō are required to spend one year at Edo Castle in Tokyo and one year back home at their feudal manor, while their families remained in Tokyo as virtual political hostages. (Traditional Japanese Date: June 21, 1635).
15th - 1st recorded US hurricane hit the Plymouth Colony
Famous Birthdays
Birthdays 1 - 2 of 2
11th - Thomas Betterton, London, actor/dramatist (Coriolanus)
24th - Peder Griffenfeld, Danish statesman (d. 1699)
Famous Deaths
Deaths 1 - 3 of 3
7th - Friedrich von Spee, German writer (b. 1591)
17th - Francisco de Moncada, Spanish earl of Osuna, dies at 48
27th - Lope Felix de Vega, playwright/poet (Angelica, Arcadia), dies at 72
