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What Happened in October 1644

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Oct 23 Sea battle of Fehmarn Sont: Adm Thijssen beats Denen

Second Battle of Newbury

Oct 27 Second Battle of Newbury: King Charles I's Royalist army and the armies of Parliamentary fight an indecisive battle at Speen in Berkshire

King of England Charles I

Famous Birthdays

Oct 1 Jean Rousseau, French composer and viol player (d. 1699)
Oct 2 François-Timoléon de Choisy, French writer (Quatre dialogues sur l'immortalité de l'âme), born in Paris (d. 1724)

William Penn (1644-1718)

Oct 14 English Philosopher, Quaker and founder of Pennsylvania (No cross, no crown), born in London

William Penn

Famous Deaths

Oct 6 Elisabeth of France, Queen consort of Philip IV of Spain (1621-44), dies at 41

Famous People by Cause of Death

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