Births on October 21

Jean Bart, French admiral (d. 1702)

Jean Bart (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ baʁ]; Dutch: Jan Baert; 21 October 1650 – 27 April 1702) was a French naval commander and privateer.

3 Sep

Battle of Dunbar (1650)
Third English Civil War: In the Battle of Dunbar, English Parliamentarian forces led by Oliver Cromwell defeat an army loyal to King Charles II of England and led by David Leslie, Lord Newark.
29 Sep

Threadneedle Street
Henry Robinson opens his Office of Addresses and Encounters in Threadneedle Street, London.