Magdeburg hemispheres
In the year 1654, England and Sweden sign a commercial treaty (Apr 11), Oliver Cromwell creates a union between England and Scotland (Apr 12), the German scientist Otto von Guericke demonstrates the power of atmospheric pressure and the effectiveness of his vacuum pump, using the Magdeburg hemispheres, before he Imperial Diet in Regensburg (May 8), 23 Sephardic Jews arrive as refugees from Brazil in New Amsterdam and settling there, form a nucleus of what will be the second largest urban Jewish community in the history of New York City (Aug 22), construction of the Skokloster Castle in Sweden begins - and all these fine people were born:
1654-0110 Joshua Barnes* scholar/writer - London, England (1712/58)
1654-0122 Richard Blackmore* physician/epic poet - Corsham, Wiltshire, England (1729/75)
1654-0203 Pietro Antonio Fiocco* Italian composer - Venice, Republic of Venice (1714/60)
1654-0215 Tsarevich Alexei Alexeyevich of Russia* half-brother of Tsar Peter the Great/a candidate for the Polish throne - Moscow, Tsardom of Russia (1670/15)
1654-0312 Jan Hoogsaat* painter - Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (1730/76)
1654-0328 Joan de Cabanas* Occitan language writer - Aix-en-Provence, Kingdom of France (1711/56)
1654-0409 Samuel Fritz* Jesuit missionary - Trautenau, Bohemia (1725-1730)
1654-04327 Charles Blount* deist/philosopher - Upper Holloway, Middlesex, England (1693/39)
1654-0504 Kangxi Emperor* the third Emperor of the Qing dynasty - Forbidden City, China (1722/68)
1654-0513 Thomas Lennard* nobleman/ supporter of cricket which developed into a major sport during his lifetime - Sussex, England (1715/61)
1654-0523 Nicodemus Tessin the Yonger* architect/city planner - Nyköping, Södermanland, Sweden (1728/73)
1654-0604 Jean-François Gerbillon* missionary/ active in China - Verdun, France (1707/52)
1654-0605 Hans Munch* Danish-Norwegian theologian/bishop - Torskilstrup, Denmark (1712/58)
1654-0630 Thomas Rice* /legislator - Sudbury, Massachusetts, British America (1747/c.93)
1654-0701 Louis Joseph de Bourbon* a.k.a. Vendôme/general/Marshal of France - Paris, France (1712/57)
1654-0709 Emperor Reigen* 霊元天皇 the 112th emperor of Japan - Japan (1732/78)
1654-0725 Agostino Steffani* Italian composer/diplomat - Castelfranco Veneto (1728/73)
1654-0810 Bernard Nieuwentyt* Dutch philosopher/mathematician/ physician - West-Graftdijk (1718/63)
1654-0823 Anthony Morris* brewer/politician/to America at age 28 - Stepney, London, England (1721/67)
1654-0907 François Pagi* Franciscan historian of the Catholic Church - Lambesc, Kingdom of France (1721/66)
1654-0914 Philippe Avril* Jesuit explorer of the Far East - Angoulême, Kingdom of France (1698/44)
1654-1006 Johan Peringskiöld* antiquarian - Strängnäs, Sweden (1720/65)
1654-1023 Johann Bernhard Staudt* Austrian Jesuit composer - Wiener Neustadt (1712/58)
1654-1105 Christian Liebe* German composer - Freiberg, Saxony (1708/53)
1654-1123 Jan van Kessel the Younger* Flemish painter/active in Spain - Antwerp (1708/53)
1654-1210 Giovanni Gioseffo dal Sole* painter/engraver - Bologna, Papal States (1719/64)
1654-1213 Robert Livingston the Elder* fur trader/businessman/New York colonial official - Ancrum, County of Roxburgh, Scotland (1728/73)
1654-1215 Johann Theodor Jablonski* German educator/ lexicographer of Czech origin - Danzig (1731/76)
Updated 27.9.2021
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