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Charles Talbot was an English politician and the 1st Duke of Shrewsbury.
Asser Levy is the first kosher butcher in New Amsterdam.
The first president of the academy was painter Bartolomé Esteban Murillo.
The prince of Transylvania, György Rákóczi, was killed in battle.
The Great Fire of Constantinople destroyed two thirds of the city, with a death toll of around 40,000.
The German historian, born in Melle, Westphalia, is called Hermann von der Hardt.
The Duke of Orleans, Gaston, passed away at the age of 51.
The New Model Army was founded by Thomas Fairfax.