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What Happened in August 1654

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Historical Events

  • Aug 5 French troops occupy Stenay during Franco-Spanish war
  • Aug 22 Jacob Barsimson arrives in New Amsterdam (modern day Manhattan) aboard the Peartree, one of the first Jewish colonists
  • Aug 25 Battle of Arras: Louis de Bourbon, Prince of Condé, failed to take Arras and withdrew to Cambrai.
Events in 1654

Famous Birthdays

  • Aug 10 Bernard Nieuwentyt, Dutch philosopher and physician, born in West-Graftdijk, North Holland (d. 1718)
Born in 1654

Famous Deaths

  • Aug 12 Cornelis Haga, Dutch ambassador to Constantinople (1611-39), dies at 76
  • Aug 19 Yom Tov Lipmann Heller, Bohemian rabbi and scholar (Tosefot Yom Tov), dies (b. c. 1579)
  • Aug 28 Axel Oxenstierna, Swedish statesman (Lord High Chancellor and regent of Sweden), dies at 71
  • Aug 31 Ole Worm, Danish physician, dies at 66

Famous People by Generation

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