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What Happened in January 1686

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Famous Birthdays

  • Jan 17 Archibald Bower, Scottish historian (d. 1766)
  • Jan 19 Hakuin Ekaku, Japanese Zen Buddhist (Rinzai Zen sect), born in Hara, Japan (d. 1769)
  • Jan 31 Hans Egede, Norwegian Lutheran missionary (missions to Greenland), born in Harstad, Norway (d. 1758)
Born in 1686

Famous Deaths

  • Jan 21 Nicolas-François Blondel, French architect, dies
  • Jan 31 Jean Mairet, French dramatist famous for tragedies (Sophonisbe) and comedies, dies at 81

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