In the year 1668, the Triple Alliance of 1668 between England, Sweden and the Dutch Republic is formed (Jan), the British East India Company takes over Bombay (Sep 21), the first national bank in Europe, the Swedish Riksbank, is founded, the first volume of Jean de La Fontaine’s collected Fables is published - and all these fine people were born:

1668-xxxx Thomas Coram* sea captain/philanthropist - Lyme Regis, Dorset, England (1751/c.82)

1668-0122 Jacob Friedrich Reimmann* German theologist/historian/ philosopher - Gröningen (1743/75)

1668-0508 Alain-René Lesage* novelist/playwright - Sarzeau, Kingdom of France (1747/79)

1668-0623 Giambattista Vico* philosopher/historian/jurist - Naples, Kingdom of Naples (1744/75)

1668-0908 Giorgio Baglivi* (b Armeno) Armenio-Italian physician/scientist - Dubrovnik (1707/38)

1668-1110 François Couperin* organist/ harpsichordist/composer - Paris, Kingdom of France (1733/64)
1668-1114 Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt* Austrian architect - Genoa (1745/77)
1668-1115 Göran Josuæ Adelcrantz* architect - Stockholm, Sweden (1739/70)

1668-1211 Apostolo Zeno* poet/journalist - Venice, Italy (1750/80)
1668-1231 Herman Boerhaave* botanist/physician/humanist - Voorhout, Dutch Republic (1738/69)

Updated 30.6.2021
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