The premises of the first coffee house in England on High Street, Oxford, England - now The Grand Cafe

In the year 1651, Charles II is crowned King of Scots (Jan 1), Spanish ship San José, loaded with silver, wrecks in the coast of Chile, the surviving crew killed by indigenous Cuncos (Mar 26), laws are passed in Massachusetts forbidding poor people from adopting excessive styles of dress (Oct 13), defeated Charles II escapes from England to France (Oct 15), the first coffee house in England is opened, in Oxford - and all these fine people were born:

1651-xxxx Takemoto Gidayū* 竹本 義太夫 jōruri-singer/founder of Bunraku puppet show - Japan (1714/c.63)

1651-0120 Edward Tyson* scientist/physician - Clevedon, Somerset, England (1708/57)

1651-0202 William Phips* ship captain/treasure hunter/first Governor of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay - Nequasset, Massachusetts Bay Colony (1695/44)
1651-0226 Pieter van der Hulst* painter - Dordrecht, Netherlands (1727/75)

1651-0302 Carlo Gimach* architect/engineer/poet - Hospitaller Malta, Malta (1730/80)

1651-0410 Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus* German mathematician/ physician/philosopher - Kieslingswalde, Saxony (1708/57)

1651-08226 Edmund Dummer (B) engineer/shipbuilder/Surveyor of the Navy - North Stoneham, Hampshire, England (1713/61)

1651-0905 William Dampier (B) naturalist/ explorer/privateer - East Coker, Somerset, England (1715/63)
1651-0916 Engelbert Kaempfer* German naturalist/ physician/explorer - Lemgo, Principality of Lippe, Westphalia (1716/65)

1651-1024 Jean de La Chapelle* writer/dramatist - Bourges, France (1723/71)

Updated 22.3.2021
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