Births on April 10

René Lepage de Sainte-Claire

Born on April 10, 1656

René Lepage de Sainte-Claire, French-Canadian settler, founded Rimouski (d. 1718)

Rene Lepage de Sainte-Claire (April 10, 1656 in Ouanne, Burgundy – August 4, 1718 in Rimouski, Quebec) is the lord-founder of the town of Rimouski, province of Quebec, in Canada.

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Events on 1656

23 Jan

Lettres provinciales
Blaise Pascal publishes the first of his Lettres provinciales.
30 Jul

Battle of Warsaw (1656)
Swedish forces under the command of King Charles X Gustav defeat the forces of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth at the Battle of Warsaw.
14 Oct

Puritanism
Massachusetts enacts the first punitive legislation against the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). The marriage of church-and-state in Puritanism makes them regard the Quakers as spiritually apostate and politically subversive.

Births on April 10

René Lepage de Sainte-Claire

Born on April 10, 1656

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Events on 1656

Lettres provinciales

Battle of Warsaw (1656)

Puritanism