the Iroquois tribe to Christianity. October 31 – The English ship HMS Providence is wrecked at Tangier on the North African coast. November 8 – Iliaș Alexandru steps down as the voivode or elected ruler of Moldavia (now part of Romania and the Republic of Moldova) and is replaced by his predecessor, Gheorghe Duca. December 6 – The Order of the Jesuati, founded in 1360 by Giovanni Colombini, is abolished by Pope Clement IX. December 16 – In China, the 1661 edict of the "Great Clearance", the forcible evacuation of the coastal areas of Guangdong, Fujian, Zhejiang, Jiangnan, and Shandong in order to fight a rebellion, is rescinded by the Emperor Kangxi after lobbying by Zhou Youde, the Viceroy of Liangguang. December 28 – Fritz Cronman arrives in Moscow as the Swedish Empire's ambassador to the Russian Empire, accompanied by a staff of 35 people. Date unknown One of the world's earliest central banks, the Sveriges Riksbank, is founded in Stockholm, Sweden. Emperor Yohannes I of Ethiopia convenes a church council in Gondar, which decides to expel all Roman Catholics from the country. English scientist Isaac Newton builds the first reflecting telescope (Newton's reflector). Births May 8 – Alain-René Lesage, French writer (d. 1747) June 23 – Giambattista Vico, Italian philosopher and historian (d. 1744) July 21 – Frederick Heinrich of Saxe-Zeitz-Pegau-Neustadt (d. 1713) September 8 – Giorgio Baglivi, Armenian doctor and writer (d. 1707) October 18 – John George IV, Elector of Saxony (d. 1694) October 30 – Sophia Charlotte of Hanover, sister of King George I of Great Britain (d. 1705) November 10 Louis III, Prince of Condé (d. 1710) François Couperin, French composer (d. 1733) November 11 – Johann Albert Fabricius, German scholar (d. 1736) November 27 – Henri François d'Aguesseau, Chancellor of France (d. 1751) November 30 – William August, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach (d. 1671) December 11 – Apostolo Zeno, Italian poet and journalist (d. 1750) December 31 – Herman Boerhaave, Dutch humanist and physician (d. 1738) date unknown – Stokkseyrar-Dísa, Icelandic Galdrmistress (d. 1728) Deaths January 6 Luis de Benavides Carrillo, Marquis of Caracena (b. 1608) Magdalene Sibylle of Saxony, Crown Princess of Denmark (b. 1617) January 14 – Arnauld de Oihenart, Basque historian and poet (b. 1592) January 31 – Hermann Busenbaum, German Jesuit theologian (b. 1600) February 2 – Antonio del Castillo y Saavedra, Spanish artist (b. 1616) February 8 – Alessandro Tiarini,