Births
- February 28 – Sir William Davenant, poet and dramatist (died 1668)
- May 12 – Joachim von Sandrart, art historian (died 1688)
- June 6 – Pierre Corneille, dramatist (died 1684)
- date unknown – Pierre du Ryer, dramatist (died 1658)
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“As the births of living creatures, at first, are ill-shapen: so are all Innovations, which are the births of time.”
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