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January 1683 in History

Birthdays in History

  • Jan 17 Gerard van Loon, Dutch historian

Deaths in History

  • Jan 15 Philip Warwick, English writer and politician (b. 1609)
  • Jan 21 Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st earl of Shaftesbury, dies at 61

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