the command of Jan Pieterszoon Coen, to the Banda Islands, in order to force the local inhabitants to accept the Dutch trade monopoly on the lucrative nutmeg, grown almost exclusively on those islands. The soldiers proceed to massacre most of the 15,000 indigenous inhabitants. Births January–March January 16 – Magnus Celsius, Swedish astronomer and mathematician (d. 1679) January 27 – Thomas Willis, English doctor who played an important part in the history of anatomy (d. 1675) January 30 – George II Rákóczi, Hungarian nobleman (d. 1660) February 2 – Johannes Schefferus, Alsatian-born humanist (d. 1679) February 4 – Frederick, Burgrave of Dohna, Dutch officer, and governor of Orange (d. 1688) February 14 – Sibylla Schwarz, German poet (d. 1638) February 20 – Erzsébet Thurzó, Hungarian noblewoman (d. 1642) February 21 – Rebecca Nurse, Massachusetts colonist, executed as a witch (d. 1692) February – Lamoral II Claudius Franz, Count of Thurn and Taxis, Postmaster General of the Holy Roman Empire (1646–1676) (d. 1676) March 1 – John Alleyn, Cornish barrister (d. 1663) March 2 – Louis Günther II, Count of Schwarzburg-Ebeleben (1642–1681) (d. 1681) March 9 – Egbert van der Poel, Dutch painter (d. 1664) March 16 – Georg Neumark, German poet and composer of hymns (d. 1681) March 24 – John VI, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (1621–1667) (d. 1667) March 26 (bapt.) – Jacob van der Ulft, Dutch painter (d. 1689) March 27 – Margrave Charles Magnus of Baden-Durlach (d. 1658) March 28 – Heinrich Schwemmer, German music teacher and composer (d. 1696) March 31 – Andrew Marvell, English metaphysical poet and politician (d. 1678) April–June April 1 – Guru Tegh Bahadur, 9th Sikh Guru (d. 1675) April 7 – Crato, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken (1640–1642) (d. 1642) April 17 Henry Vaughan, Welsh author (d. 1695) Thomas Vaughan, Welsh philosopher (d. 1666) April 23 Georg Arnold, Austrian musician (d. 1676) William Penn, English admiral and politician (d. 1670) April 25 – Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery, Anglo-Irish soldier, statesman and dramatist (d. 1679) May 25 – David Beck, Dutch portrait painter (d. 1656) June 2 Rutger von Ascheberg, Courland-born soldier in Swedish service (d. 1693) Jørgen Bjelke, Norwegian officer and nobleman (d. 1696) Isaac van Ostade, Dutch painter (d. 1649) June 6 – Petar Zrinski, Croatian viceroy (executed 1671) June 16 – Edward Proger, Member of Parliament for Brecknockshire (d. 1713) June 29 – Willem van der Zaan, Dutch admiral (d.