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Samuel Pepys' Diary Begins
Jan 1 1st entry in English civil servant Samuel Pepys' diary
- Jan 1 Academia de Bellas Artes is founded in Seville with painter Bartolomé Esteban Murillo its first president
- Jan 1 General Moncks army battles with the Tweed on way to London
- Jan 1 Thomas Fairfax's New Model Army occupies York
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