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What Happened in August 1657

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Famous Birthdays

  • Aug 10 Cornelis Chastelein, Dutch VOC merchant and plantation owner in Batavia who freed his slaves, born in Amsterdam (d. 1714)
  • Aug 18 Ferdinando Galli Bibiena, Italian architect and designer, born in Bologna, Italy (d. 1743)
Born in 1657

Famous Deaths

  • Aug 6 Bohdan Khmelnytsky, Polish-Lithuanian military leader of Zaporozhian Cossacks (organized rebellion of Ukrainian Cossacks against the Polish), dies (b. c. 1595)
  • Aug 7 Robert Blake, English admiral (Dover, Dungeness), dies at about 57
  • Aug 19 Frans Snyders, Flemish painter of animals, dies at 77
  • Aug 29 John Lilburne, English dissenter


What Happened in 1657

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