Christian Thomasius, German jurist and philosopher (d. 1728)
Christian Thomasius (1 January 1655 – 23 September 1728) was a German jurist and philosopher.

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- 8Mar
Thirteen Colonies
John Casor becomes the first legally-recognized slave in England's North American colonies where a crime was not committed. - 25Mar
Titan (moon)
Saturn's largest moon, Titan, is discovered by Christiaan Huygens. - 8Sep
Charles X Gustav of Sweden
Warsaw falls without resistance to a small force under the command of Charles X Gustav of Sweden during The Deluge, making it the first time the city is captured by a foreign army. - 18Dec
Edict of Expulsion
The Whitehall Conference ends with the determination that there was no law preventing Jews from re-entering England after the Edict of Expulsion of 1290. - 27Dec
Siege of Jasna Góra
Second Northern War/the Deluge: Monks at the Jasna Góra Monastery in Częstochowa are successful in fending off a month-long siege.