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•  Blaise Pascal

  Blaise Pascal, (June 19, 1623, Clermont-Ferrand – August 19, 1662, Paris) was a French mathematician, physicist, and Catholic philosopher. He was a child prodigy who was educated by his father, a civil servant. Pascal's earliest work was in the natural and applied sciences where he made important contributions to the construction of mechanical calculators, the study of fluids, and clarified the concepts of pressure and vacuum by generalizing the work of Evangelista Torricelli.

  

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•  Antonio Cesti

  Antonio Cesti (bap. 5 August 1623 – 14 October 1669), known today primarily as an Italian composer of the Baroque era, he was also a singer, and organist. He was "the most celebrated Italian musician of his generation".

  

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•  Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne

  See Margaret Cavendish (1661–1717) for the later Duchess of Newcastle of this name. Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1623 – 15 December 1673) was an English aristocrat and a prolific writer. Born Margaret Lucas, she was the youngest sister of prominent royalists Sir John Lucas and Sir Charles Lucas. She became an attendant of Queen Henrietta Maria and travelled with her into exile in France, living for a time at the court of the young King Louis XIV.

  

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•  Bengt Gabrielsson Oxenstierna

  Count Bengt Gabrielsson Oxenstierna (1623–1702), Swedish statesman, was the son of Axel Oxenstierna’s cousin, Gabriel Bengtsson Oxenstierna (1586–1656).

  

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•  Algernon Sydney

  

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•  William Petty

  Sir William Petty (27 May 1623 – 16 December 1687) was an English economist, scientist and philosopher. He first became prominent serving Oliver Cromwell and Commonwealth in Ireland. He developed efficient methods to survey the land that was to be confiscated and given to Cromwell's soldiers. He also managed to remain prominent under King Charles II and King James II, as did many others who had served Cromwell.

  

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•  John Playford

  John Playford (1623–1686/7) was a London bookseller, publisher, and member of the Stationers' Company, who published books on music theory, instruction books for several instruments, and psalters with tunes for singing in churches. He is perhaps best known today for his publication of The English Dancing Master in 1651. Playford was born in Norwich. He served an apprenticeship with a publisher (John Benson) from 1639/40 to 1647, after which he opened a shop in the porch of Temple Church.

  

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•  François de Laval

  François-Xavier de Montmorency-Laval (30 April 1623 – 6 May 1708) was the first Roman Catholic bishop of New France and was one of the most influential men of his day. He was appointed when he was 36 years old by Pope Alexander VII. He was a member of the Montmorency family.

  

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•  Zhu Youlang, Prince of Gui

  The Prince of Gui (桂王) or the Yongli Emperor, was an emperor of the Southern Ming Dynasty in China. His era name means "Perpetual calendar". He was the last surviving Southern Ming emperor who lived long enough to see the collapse of the last vestiges of the Ming dynasty in mainland China. Born Zhu Youlang (朱由榔) sometime in 1623, to Zhu Changying (朱常瀛), the seventh son of the Wanli Emperor.

  

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•  John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater

  John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater PC (30 May 1623 – 26 October 1686) was an English nobleman. He was a son of John Egerton, 1st Earl of Bridgewater and his wife Lady Frances Stanley. His maternal grandparents were Ferdinando Stanley, 5th Earl of Derby and his wife Alice Spencer. According to the Will of King Henry VIII, his mother, at one time, was second-in-line to inherit England's throne.

  

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• 1623 births by likeorhate
• 1657 deaths by likeorhate
• Heirs apparent who never acceded by likeorhate
• Members of the pre-1707 English Parliament by likeorhate
• Regicides of Charles I by likeorhate
• Roundheads by likeorhate
• Jailed UK peers by likeorhate

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•  SEAL Recon Rifle

  Built in-house by U.S. Navy SEAL Team armorers, and later by the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (often referred to as NSWC-Crane or "Crane"), the SEAL Recon Rifle was developed to provide SEAL snipers with a portable, lightweight system with greater lethality than a standard M4 carbine. The SEAL Recon Rifle is sometimes referred to as the "Recce Rifle". When production of this rifle was turned over to NSWC-Crane, U.S.

  

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•  Zamucoan languages

  Zamucoan (also Samúkoan) is a small language family of Paraguay and Bolivia. The family has hardly been studied by linguists (as of Adelaar & Muysken 2004).

  

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•  Canoeing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

  At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, seven events in sprint canoe racing were contested, and for the first time at the Olympic Games, four events in slalom canoeing were also contested.

  

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•  Mycobacterium avium avium

  Mycobacterium avium subsp. avium Type strain: strain ATCC 25291 = CCUG 20992 = CIP 104244 = DSM 44156 = NCTC 13034. The subspecies name Mycobacterium avium subsp. avium Chester 1901 is automatically created by the valid publication of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (Bergey et al. 1923) and the valid publication of Mycobacterium avium subsp. silvaticum Thorel et al. 1990. Based on differences in IS1245 RFLP, 16S-23S rDNA ITS and growth temperature, Mijs et al.

  

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•  Madden, MS

  

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