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Jean Desmarets
1676Oct, 28

Jean Desmarets

Jean Desmarets, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1595)
Jean Desmarets, Sieur de Saint-Sorlin (1595 – 28 October 1676) was a French writer and dramatist. He was a founding member, and the first to occupy seat 4 of the Académie française in 1634.

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  • 30Jul

    Bacon's Rebellion

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  • 12Aug

    King Philip's War

    Praying Indian John Alderman shoots and kills Metacomet, the Wampanoag war chief, ending King Philip's War.
  • 19Sep

    Bacon's Rebellion

    Jamestown is burned to the ground by the forces of Nathaniel Bacon during Bacon's Rebellion.
  • 21Nov

    Rømer's determination of the speed of light

    The Danish astronomer Ole Rømer presents the first quantitative measurements of the speed of light.