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What Happened in December 1634

Famous Birthdays

  • Dec 1 Jan-Erasmus Quellinus [Quellien], Flemish painter (court painter to Emperor Leopold I), born in Antwerp (d. 1715)
  • Dec 24 Mariana of Austria, queen consort and niece of King Philip IV of Spain, and regent to her son Charles II, born in Wiener Neustadt, Austria, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1696)

Famous Deaths

  • Dec 29 John Albert Vasa, Polish bishop, dies at 22