1572. Earl Mar, regent of Scotland, died, and was succeeded by Morton.
1592. Augier Ghislen Busbequius, a celebrated Flemish ambassador, died. He was learned and venerated.
1597. Aldus Manutius, an eminent Venitian printer, died. He was the third of a line of illustrious printers, celebrated for the elegance and correctness of their editions, and in his youth bid fair to excel his predecessors. But he met with reverses, and was compelled to sell the excellent library collected by his ancestors, of 80,000 volumes, to maintain himself. He wrote several learned works.
1646. William Dobson, an English painter, died. He was drawn from obscurity by Vandyke, after which he rose to great celebrity; but becoming addicted to pleasure before he had acquired a fortune, he became involved, and died at the age of 36.
1652. William Mead, an English physician, died, aged 149.
1652. Action between the English fleet under Blake and Penn, and the Dutch fleet under De Witt and De Ruyter. Three ships of the latter were destroyed and one taken.
1670. John Hacket, an English prelate, died; eminent for his learning and exemplary virtues.
1681. Algiers bombarded by the French fleet under admiral Duquesne and Bernard Renaud. It is said that bomb vessels were first used on this occasion, being the invention of Renaud, who had five of them built.
1685. Michael le Tellier, a French statesman, died. He had sufficient influence with the king, Louis XIV, to procure the revocation to the edict of Nantes. He lived to triumph in the cruel measures which followed but a few days.
1687. James Atkins, a learned Scottish bishop, died. He wrote against the presbyterians, but his writings are now almost unknown.