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What Happened in October 1674

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Historical Events

Surena

Oct 11 Pierre Corneille's tragedy "Surena" premieres in Paris

Poet and Dramatist Pierre Corneille
  • Oct 15 Torsåker witch trials begin, largest witch trials in Sweden, 71 beheaded and burned
  • Oct 16 Emperor Leopold I fires chancellor Fürst Wenzel Lobkowitz

Siege of Grave

Oct 26 Prince William of Orange occupies Grave after a siege

King of England William III

Events in 1674

Famous Deaths

  • Oct 15 Robert Herrick, English poet ('Gather ye rosebuds while ye may'), dies at 83
  • Oct 22 Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, Dutch painter, dies at 53
  • Oct 27 Hallgrímur Pétursson, Icelandic poet (b. 1614)

Famous People by Cause of Death

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