1582. Emanuel Alvarez died; a Portuguese Jesuit, distinguished as a grammarian.
1596. Emanuel de Saa, a Portuguese Jesuit, died; professor of theology at Coimbra and at Rome, and author of several valuable works.
1644. John Baptist Van Helmont, a physician of Brussels, died. He was a man of great learning in physic and natural philosophy. His cures were so extraordinary that he was brought before the inquisition as a man that did things beyond the reach of nature. He cleared himself of the inquisition, but to be more at liberty retired into Holland.
1655. Several persons wounded at the door of the parliament house, England, by a quaker, who pretended that he was inspired to slay all in the house.
1661. The earl of Argyle committed to Edinburgh castle for high treason.
1688. The prince of Orange received the sacrament to allay suspicions of his wishing to change the liturgy of the English church.
1691. Robert Boyle, the distinguished philosopher and chemist, died. He was the seventh son and fourteenth child of Richard, earl of Cork, and secured immortal fame by his writings and discoveries in experimental philosophy.
1695. Samuel Morland, though a great favorite with king Charles, died in poverty. He constructed an arithmetical machine.
1721. Peter de Vallemont, a French ecclesiastic, died; known by his Elements of History, and other works.
1730. James Saurin, an eminent French divine and theological and controversial writer, died in Holland, where he took shelter from persecution.