Births on May 4

Lady Katherine Ferrers

Born on May 4, 1634

Lady Katherine Ferrers, English aristocrat and heiress (d. 1660)

Katherine Ferrers (4 May 1634 – c. 13 June 1660) was an English gentlewoman and heiress. According to popular legend, she was also the "Wicked Lady", a highwaywoman who terrorised the English county of Hertfordshire before dying from gunshot wounds sustained during a robbery.

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Events on 1634

6 Sep

Battle of Nördlingen (1634)
Thirty Years' War: In the Battle of Nördlingen, the Catholic Imperial army defeats Swedish and German Protestant forces.
11 Nov

John Atherton
Following pressure from Anglican bishop John Atherton, the Irish House of Commons passes An Act for the Punishment for the Vice of Buggery.