17th Century People

Guess these famous persons that were born and died in the 17th century!

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Dates	Nationality	Description	Answer
1600-1649	English	Monarch who was executed during Oliver Cromwell's reign	Charles I of England
1602-1661	French	Richelieu's successor as Chief Minister of France	Cardinal Mazarin
1606-1669	Dutch	"The Night Watch" painter	Rembrandt van Rijn
1608-1674	English	"Paradise Lost" author	John Milton
1622-1673	French	"The Misanthrope" author	Molière
1623-1662	French	Forefather of the Modern Theory of Probabilities	Blaise Pascal
1629-1696	Polish	King who beat the Turks at Vienna	Jan III Sobieski
1632-1675	Dutch	"Girl with a Pearl Earring" painter	Johannes Vermeer
1632-1677	Portuguese/Dutch	Jewish philosopher and "Ethics" author	Baruch de Spinoza
1659-1695	English	"Dido and Aeneas" composer	Henry Purcell

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