The Sampling Officials by Rembrandt, 1662
In the year 1662, a short-lived experiment of the first public buses (holding eight passengers) begins in Paris (Mar 18), the hearth tax is introduced in England and Wales - a property tax considered among the first types of progressive tax (May 16), Charles II of England sells Dunkirk to his cousin Louis XIV of France (Oct 27), Rembrandt paints The Sampling Officials - and all these fine people were born:
1662-xxxx Liisa Simontytär Rasku** (b Havusela) mother of Liisa Mikontytär Rasku - Ilmajoki, Sweden-Finland (1727/60-69)
1662-xxxx John Shore trumpeter/inventor of the tuning fork - London, England (1752/c.90)
1662-0112 Samuel Shute* military officer/royal governor of the provinces of Massachusetts and New Hampshire - London, England (1742/80)
1662-0117 [Françoise Pitel](http://Françoise “Fanchon” Pitel)* actress - Grenoble, France (1721/59)
1662-0209 Paolo de Matteis* Italian painter - Piano Vetrale (1728/65)
1662-0215 James Renwick* Scottish priest/Covenanter martyr - Moniaive, Dumfriesshire, Scotland (1688/26)
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1662-0301 Giovanni Carlo Aliberti* Italian painter - Canelli (1727/56)
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1662-0329 Feodosia Alekseyevna of Russia* daughter of Tsar Alexis of Russia/half-sister of Tsar Peter the Great - Moscow, Russian Empire (1713/51)
1662-0428 Maria Aurora von Königsmarck* Swedish-German noblewoman/ mistress of King of Poland - Agathenburg Castle, Hanseatic City of Stade (1728/65)
1662-0430 Mary II of England* Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland, co-reigning with husband - St. James’s Palace, London, England (1694/32)
1662-0503 Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann* German master builder/ architect - Herford (1736/73)
1662-0606 Mannus Riedesel* German architect - Melbach, Balde (1726/64)
1662-0607 Celia Fiennes* horseback traveller/writer - Newton Tony, Wiltshire, England (1741/78)
1662-0611 Tokugawa Ienobu* 徳川 家宣 the sixth shōgun of the Tokugawa dynasty/great-great-grandson of Tokugawa Ieyasu - Japan (1712/50)
1662-0701 Béatrice Hiéronyme de Lorraine* Abbess of Remiremont - Paris, Kingdom of France (1738/75)
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1662-0720 Andrea Brustolon* Italian sculptor in wood - Belluno, Republic of Venice (1732/70)
1662-0810 Charles Boit* painter in vitreous enamels/w Huguenot father - Stockholm, Sweden (1727/64)
1662-0825 John Leverett the Younger* early American lawyer/politician/ President of Harvard College (1724/61)
1662-0901 Louis de Carrières* priest/ Bible commentator - Angers, Kingdom of France (1717/54)
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1662-0919 Jean-Paul Bignon* preacher/ writer/statesman - Paris, Kingdom of France (1743/80)
1662-1018 Matthew Henry* Nonconformist minister/best known for his biblical commentaries - Flintshire, Wales (1714/51)
1662-1102 Johan Cronman* lieutenant general/commandant of the Skåne fortress/Governor of Malmöhus County - Alatskivi Castle, Swedish Livonia (1737/74)
1662-1111 John Chesshyre* lawyer - Halton, Cheshire, England (1738/75)
1662-1217 Samuel Wesley* clergyman/ poet/writer - Dorset, England (1735/72)
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