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February 10 - The Académie française in Paris is expanded to become a national academy for the artistic elite.
April 13 – Maronite warlord Fah-al-Din II executed in Constantinople
October 9 - Founder of Rhode Island Roger Williams is banished from Massachusetts Bay Colony as a religious dissident after he spoke out against punishments for religious offenses and giving away Native American land.
Guadeloupe becomes a French colony.
Martinique is settled by France.
Dominica is claimed by France.
Franco-Swed. treaty of alliance signed by Cardinal Richelieu and Axel Oxtenstierna.
Académie Française expanded nationally by Cardinal Richelieu.
Colonization of Connecticut begins.
Nagyszombat University (predecessor of Budapest University) established.
The speed limit for the Hackney carriage in London is set at 3 m.p.h.
Births
July 18 - Robert Hooke, English scientist.
Henry Morgan, Welsh privateer (approximate date).
Deaths
November - Thomas Parr, English man claiming to be 152 years old.
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