Aug 20 'The Massacre of the Innocents': In Timbuktu prominent
citizens rounded up and some killed by invading Moroccan forces who then pillage the city, ending its golden age
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Aug 9 Izaak Walton, English biographer and author (The Compleat Angler), born in Stafford, England (d. 1683)
Aug 23 Fulvio Testi, Italian poet (Pianto d'Italia), born in Ferrara, Italy (d. 1646)
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