ground. December 3 – King Charles XI of Sweden issues an order banning Jews from settling in Sweden, particularly in the capital at Stockholm "on account of the danger of the eventual influence of the Jewish religion on the pure evangelical faith." December 10 – In what is now Thailand, King Narai of Ayutthaya signs a treaty with representatives of France at Lopburi, allowing Roman Catholic missionaries to preach the Gospel and exempting Thai Catholics from work on Sunday, as well as appointing a special court to settle disputes between Thai Christians and non-Christians. Date unknown The Chinese army of the Qing dynasty attacks a Russian post at Albazin, during the reigns of the Kangxi Emperor and the dual Russian rulers Ivan V of Russia and Peter I of Russia. The event leads to the Treaty of Nerchinsk in 1689. Adam Baldridge founds a pirate base at Île Sainte-Marie, Madagascar. Alice Molland becomes the last known person in England to be sentenced to death for witchcraft, in Exeter. The Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow in the State of New York is constructed by the original Dutch settlers (later to become famous as the site of the rampage of the "Headless Horseman" spirit in the novel The Legend of Sleepy Hollow). Births January 1 – Joseph Burroughs, English minister (d. 1761) January 6 – Manuel de Montiano, Spanish colonial administrator (d. 1762) January 7 Jonas Alströmer, Swedish pioneer of agriculture and industry (d. 1761) George Clifford III, Dutch banker and gardener (d. 1760) January 9 – Tiberius Hemsterhuis, Dutch philologist and critic (d. 1766) January 24 – Giuseppe Alessandro Furietti, Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1764) February 6 – Sir John Rushout, 4th Baronet, England (d. 1775) February 8 – Charles-Jean-François Hénault, French writer and historian (d. 1770) February 9 – Francesco Loredan, Doge of Venice (d. 1762) February 10 – Aaron Hill (writer), English dramatist and miscellaneous writer (d. 1750) February 12 – George Hadley, English lawyer and amateur meteorologist (d. 1768) February 23 – George Frideric Handel, German composer (d. 1759) February 24 – Hieronymus Pez, Austrian historian (d. 1762) March 2 – Moses Williams (antiquarian), Welsh scholar (d. 1742) March 11 William Flower, 1st Baron Castle Durrow, Irish politician (d. 1746) Jean-Pierre Nicéron, French encyclopedist (d. 1738) March 12 – George Berkeley, Irish philosopher (d. 1753) March 13 – Johann Paul Schiffelholz, German Baroque composer (d. 1758) March