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Chetham's Library in Manchester, which claims to be the oldest public library in the English-speaking world, opened in 1653.
The British colonial governor of Massachusetts, Thomas Dudley, passed away at the age of 76.
The German composer Benedict Schultheiss was born in Nuremberg, Germany.
The Austrian composer, Andreas Anton Schmelzer, was born in Vienna.
