The old square in Kristiansand, Norway

In the year 1641, the Norwegian city of Kristiansand is founded by King Christian IV of Denmark (Jul 5), London theatres are ordered to close due to increase in cases of plague (Aug 5), Irish Catholics revolt against the English administration and Scottish settlers in Ireland (Oct 23), the Dutch found a trading colony on Dejima in Japan (that remains active until 1854), English law makes witchcraft a capital crime - and all these fine people were born:

1641-0113 Patrick Hume* nobleman/ politician/statesman - Polwarth, Berwickshire, Scotland (1724/83)

1641-0224 Gabriel Tammelin* vicar/collector of proverbs - Loimaa, Sweden-Finland (1698/57)

1641-0329 Johann Zahn* German author/considered the most prolific writer and illustrator of the camera obscura - Karlstadt am Main (1707/66)

1641-0415 Robert Sibbald* physician/antiquary - Edinburgh, Scotland (1722/81)

1641-0508 Nicolaes Witsen* statesman/mayor of Amsterdam - Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (1717/76)

1641-0629 Pierre Cholenec* Jesuit missionary/biographer in New France - Saint-Pol-de-Léon, Finistère, France (1723/82)

1641-0709 Jan Jansen Bleecker* merchant/politician/Mayor of Albany, New York - Meppel, Drenthe, The Netherlands (1732/91)

1641-0802 Jacob Bobart the Younger* botanist - Oxford, England (1719/78)

1641-0907 Tokugawa Ietsuna* 徳川 家綱 the fourth shōgun of the Tokugawa dynasty - Japan (1680/38)
1641-0926 Nehemiah Grew* plant anatomist/physiologist/“Father of Plant Anatomy” -  Mancetter parish, Warwickshire, England (1712/70)

1641-1010 Wolfgang Printz* German composer - Waldthurn, Oberpfalz (1717/76)

1641-1123 Anthonie Heinsius* politician/ statesman - Delft, Dutch Republic (1720/78)

1641-1220 Urban Hjärne* chemist/physician/writer - Skvorits, Swedish Ingria (1724/82)

Updated 2.3.2021
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