1611. Nicholas le Fevre (or Faber), a learned and ingenious French writer, died. He was more ready to assist others than to appear as an author himself.
1613. Edward Brereword, a learned English antiquary, died.
1631. Lady Mary, eldest daughter of king Charles I, and subsequently the wife of William prince of Orange, born.
1673. The house of commons, in England, sent for to the house of lords, and prorogued, for addressing the king against a standing army.
1677. The marriage portion of the princess Mary was £40,000. She married the prince of Orange.
1680. Joseph Glanvil, an eminent English divine, died; celebrated for his controversies.
1688. William III entered Torbay with 50 sail of the line and 400 transports.
1694. The Hannibal, of London, arrived at Barbadoes with a cargo of negroes. Of 692 captives, 320 died on the passage; the rest, Philips, the master, says, "came out £19 per head, one with another." The official return of the population, four years afterwards was, 2,330 whites, 42,000 slaves.
1698. A colony from Scotland settled at New Edinburgh, on the coast of Darien.
1702. John Benbow, a brave English admiral, died in the West Indies, after an inglorious defeat, owing to the cowardice of his officers.