1454 Poliziano, Florentine humanist (d. 1494) was born on this day in history.
1486 On this day in history birth of andrea del Sarto, Italy, painter (Recollets)
1602 On this day in history birth of jules Mazarin, France, cardinal, French 1st Minister (1642-61)
1608 On this day in history birth of george Goring, Lord Goring, English royalist soldier (d. 1657)
1610 On this day in history birth of ferdinand II, monarch of Toscane
1610 On this day in history birth of ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1670)
1634 Pasquier Quesnel, French Jansenist theologian (d. 1719) was born on this day in history.
1671 On this day in history birth of jacques D'Allonville, French astronomer and mathematician (d. 1732)