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Events Births January 9 - Empress Meisho of Japan (d. 1696 ) April 27 - Johann Adam Reinken , German organist (d. 1722 ) April 30 - François de Laval , first bishop of New France (d. 1708 ) May 27 - Sir William Petty , English scientist and philosopher (d. 1687 ) May 30 - John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater , English politician (d. 1686 ) June 19 - Blaise Pascal , French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (d. 1662 ) August 5 - (date of baptism) Antonio Cesti , Italian composer (d. 1669 ) August 23 - Stanisław Lubieniecki , Polish astronomer (d. 1675 ) October 17 - Francis Turretin , Swiss theologian (d. 1687 ) Margaret Cavendish , Duchess of Newcastle (d. 1673 )
See also @ 1623 births.
Deaths February 8 - Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter , English politician (b. 1546 ) March 19 - Uesugi Kagekatsu , Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1556 ) June 16 - Christian, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg-Wolfenbüttel , German protestant military leader (b. 1599 ) July 4 - William Byrd , English composer July 8 - Pope Gregory XV (b. 1554 ) October 21 - William Wade , English statesman and diplomat (b. 1546 ) November 9 - William Camden , English historian (b. 1551 ) November 11 - Philippe de Mornay , French writer (b. 1549 ) November 12 - Josaphat Kuncevyc , Lithuanian archbishop Andrea Andreani , Italian engraver (b. 1540 )
See also @ 1623 deaths.