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Bossuet Ordained

Mar 18 Renown French preacher Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet ordained as a priest, having been named Archdeacon of Sarrebourg

Bishop and Writer Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet

Famous Birthdays

  • Mar 3 Thomas Otway, English playwright and poet (Venice Preserv'd), born in Trotton, Sussex, England (d. 1685)
  • Mar 28 Samuel Sewall, English-American judge and businessman, born in Bishopstoke, Hampshire, England (d. 1730)
Born in 1652

Famous Deaths

  • Mar 21 Vredius [Olivier de Wree], Flemish historian and mayor of Brugge, dies at 55


What Happened in 1652

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