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Masuria is devastated during the Deluge when it was raided by Tartars and Poles
End of the war started in 1648 between Poland, Ducal Prussia, Russia and Transylvania.
The only year the British coin Fifty Shillings was minted.
The year in which Adams' Grammar School in Shropshire, England was founded by William Adams.
Births
May 31 - Marin Marais, French composer and viol player.
October 29 (Julian calendar) - Edmond Halley, English scientist
Patrick Abercromby, Scottish physician and antiquarian
Deaths
March 21 - James Ussher, Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland between 1625-1656
October 2 - Myles Standish, Mayflower colonist
November 6 - King John IV of Portugal
Jan van Goyen, painter
Stephen Bachiler, English clergyman
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