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17th-century English knights

  • Isaac NewtonIsaac Newton was born on Christmas Day, the 25th of December 1642 at Woolsthorpe Manor in Lincolnshire. His father had died three months before the birth.
  • Charles I of EnglandCharles Stuart entered the world at Dunfermline Palace on the 19th of November 1600 as the second son of King James VI of Scotland.
  • Walter RaleighSir Walter Raleigh was born on the 22nd of January 1552 in East Budleigh, Devon. His father held Fardel Manor while his mother Katherine Champernowne owned…