William Kidd
Jan 22 William Kidd, Scottish pirate legend, born in Greenock (or Dundee), Scotland (d. 1701) date and place disputed
William Kidd
- Feb 9 Johann Aegidius Bach, German violistian (d. 1716)
- Aug 10 Eusebio Kino, Italian Catholic missionary (d. 1711)
- Aug 16 Jean de La Bruyère, French writer (The Characters, or the Manners of the Age, with The Characters of Theophrastus), born in Paris (d. 1696)
- Sep 10 Romeyn de Hooghe, Dutch painter and goldsmith, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1708)
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