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What Happened in October 1649

Historical Events

John Wallis

Oct 31 Parliamentary cryptographer John Wallis gives his Inaugural lecture as newly appointed Savilian Professor of Geometry at Oxford University,

Famous Weddings

Philip IV

Oct 7 Philip IV, King of Spain (44) marries his niece Mariana of Austria (14) in Navalcarnero, Spain

Famous Deaths

  • Oct 3 Giovanni Diodati, Swiss Protestant clergyman, dies at 73
  • Oct 16 Isaac van Ostade, Dutch painter, buried at 28
  • Oct 24 Ferdinand van Boisschot, Dutch diplomat, jurist and Chancellor of Brabant (1625-49), dies at 79
  • Oct 28 Blanche Arundell, English noblewoman (led defense of Wardour Castle during English Civil War), dies at 65 or 66 [1]