1650 In Literature

Events

• Blaise Pascal's poor health forces him to retire from the study of mathematics.
• Parliament appoints a commission for the propagation and preaching of the gospel in Wales, advised by Vavasor Powell.

New Books

• Silex scintillans - Henry Vaughan

Births

• July - Charles Leslie, theologian
• probable - Richard Blackmore, epic poet

Deaths

• February 11 - Ren Descartes, philosopher
• August 25 - Richard Crashaw, poet

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