Life In Good Measure

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Data for 1635

1635BostonLatinSchool In the year 1635, the Académie française is constituted (Feb 22), France declares war on Spain (May), the Royal Mail service - established in 1516 -  is made available to the public in England (Jul 31), Thomas Parr, dead at the alleged age of 152, is buried in Westminster Abbey (Nov 15), Boston Latin School is founded as the oldest school in the United States, Japan forbids merchants to travel abroad under penalty of law – and all these fine people were born:

1635-xxxx Matts Andersson Biörknäs** father of Johan Mattsson Sund, Smeds - Pokela, Björknäs, Vimpeli, Sweden-Finland (1697) 1635-xxxx Simuna Tuomaanpoika Hannuksela** father of Juho Simunanpoika Västi - Ilmajoki, Sweden-Finland (1699/59-68) 1635-xxxx Henry Morgan* privateer/plantation owner Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica - Llanrumney or Pencarn, Monmouthshire, Wales (1688/c. 52) 1635-xxxx Matts Andersson Smeds** great great grandfather of Susanna Smeds - Uusikaarlepyy, Sweden-Finland 1635-xxxx Tuomas Jaakonpoika Uppa** father of Liisa Tuomaantytär Hyövälti – Uppa, Seinäjoki, Sweden-Finland (1695/59-60) 1635-0113 Philipp Spener* theologian/Father of Pietism - Rappoltsweiler, Holy Roman Empire (1705/70) 1635-0218 Johan Göransson Gyllenstierna* statesman – Brännkyrka, Stockholm, Sweden (1680/45) 1635-0506 Johann Joachim Becher* physician/alchemist/professor by the age of 22 - Speyer, Holy Roman Empire (1682/47) 1635-0718 Robert Hooke* natural philosopher/ architect/polymath – Freshwater, Isle of Wight, England (1703/67) 1635-0830 Pieter Spierinckx* Flemish painter/designer of tapestries - Antwerp, Union of Utrecht (1711/76) 1635-1007 Christopher Comstock* early settler of Norwalk, Connecticut  - Culmstock, Devon, England (1702/67) 1635-1103 Johann Sturm* philosopher - Hilpoltstein, Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire (1703/68) 1635-1122 Francis Willughby* ornithologist/ichtythyologist - Middleton Hall, Warwickshire, England (1672/36) 1635-1223 Ottaviano Jannella* Italian sculptor - Ascoli Piceno (1661/25) 1635-1228 Elizabeth Stuart* daughter of King Charles I - St. James’s Palace, London, England (1650/14) 1635-1231 Robert Southwell* diplomat - County Cork, Ireland (1702/66) 1635-0 1635-0 1635-0 Updated 18.4.2023-3 Search for another year here