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Adrien Baillet
1649Jun, 13

Adrien Baillet

Adrien Baillet, French scholar and critic (d. 1706)
Adrien Baillet (13 June 1649 – 21 January 1706) was a French scholar and critic. He is now best known as a biographer of René Descartes.

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    The Frondeurs and the French sign the Peace of Rueil.
  • 19Mar

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    The House of Commons of England passes an act abolishing the House of Lords, declaring it "useless and dangerous to the people of England".
  • 19May

    Long Parliament

    An Act of Parliament declaring England a Commonwealth is passed by the Long Parliament. England would be a republic for the next eleven years.
  • 2Sep

    Wars of Castro

    The Italian city of Castro is completely destroyed by the forces of Pope Innocent X, ending the Wars of Castro.
  • 19Oct

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