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What Happened in August 1679

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Famous Birthdays

  • Aug 22 Pierre Guérin de Tencin, French cardinal, born in Grenoble, France (d. 1758)
Born in 1679

Famous Deaths

  • Aug 6 John Snell, British royalist, dies at 49 or 50
  • Aug 20 Jacob Alting, Dutch theologist, dies at 60
  • Aug 24 Jean François Paul de Gondi, cardinal de Retz, French churchman and agitator (b. 1614)

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