Events

January–June

January 3 Events Pre-1600 *AD 69, 69 – The Roman legions on the Rhine refuse to declare their allegiance to Galba, instead proclaiming their legate, Aulus Vitellius, as emperor. * 250 – Emperor Decius orders everyone in the Roman Empire (ex ...

– Battle of Kinsale: The English defeat Irish rebels and their Spanish allies. (The battle happens on this date according to the Gregorian calendar used by the Irish and Spanish but on Thursday, 24 December,

1601 This Epoch (reference date)#Computing, epoch is the beginning of the 400-year Gregorian leap-year cycle within which digital files first existed; the last year of any such cycle is the only leap year whose year number is divisible by 100. Jan ...

according to the old Julian calendar used by the English.) *

February 2 Events Pre-1600 * 506 – Alaric II, eighth king of the Visigoths, promulgates the Breviary of Alaric (''Breviarium Alaricianum'' or ''Lex Romana Visigothorum''), a collection of "Roman law". * 880 – Battle of Lüneburg Heath: King ...

(

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night) – First known production of William Shakespeare's comedy '' Twelfth Night'', in London. * March 20 – The

United East India Company The United East India Company ( nl, Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie, the VOC) was a chartered company established on the 20th March 1602 by the States General of the Netherlands amalgamating existing companies into the first joint-stock co ...

is established by the United Provinces States-General in Amsterdam, with the stated intention of capturing the spice trade from the Portuguese. * April 20 – The Danish–Icelandic Trade Monopoly is established by the Danish Monarch, in light of recently implemented absolutism. * May 15 – English explorer Bartholomew Gosnold, sailing in the ''Concord'', becomes the first European at Cape Cod. * June – James Lancaster's East India Company fleet arrives at Achin (modern-day

Aceh Aceh ( ), officially the Aceh Province ( ace, Nanggroë Acèh; id, Provinsi Aceh) is the westernmost province of Indonesia. It is located on the northernmost of Sumatra island, with Banda Aceh being its capital and largest city. Granted a s ...

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to deal with the local ruler. Having defeated Portugal's ally, the ruler is happy to do business, and Lancaster seizes a large Portuguese galleon and loots it.

July–December

* October 3– 4 – Battle of the Narrow Seas: an English fleet, joined by the Dutch, pursues six Spanish

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s through the

Strait of Dover The Strait of Dover or Dover Strait (french: Pas de Calais - ''Strait of Calais''), is the strait at the narrowest part of the English Channel, marking the boundary between the Channel and the North Sea, separating Great Britain from continent ...

. * November 8 – The

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at the University of Oxford in England is opened. * December 11 – A surprise attack by forces under the command of Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy, and his brother-in-law, Philip III of Spain, is repelled by the citizens of Geneva (this actually takes place after midnight, in the early morning of December 12, but commemorations/celebrations on Fête de l'Escalade are usually held on December 11 or the closest weekend).

Ongoing

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* Long Turkish War (1591/1593-1606) * Jelali revolts

Date unknown

* The Portuguese are expelled from Bahrain. * The

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of Persia and the Spanish Empire conclude a defensive alliance and declare war on the Ottoman Empire. * A private trading company is established in Copenhagen with a monopoly on the trade with Iceland. * Ben Jonson's satirical comedy '' Poetaster'' is first performed, in London. * William Shakespeare's comedy ''

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'' is published. * The play '' A Larum for London, or the Siedge of Antwerp'' is published in London. * Copies are printed of the geographical map of East Asia created by

Matteo Ricci Matteo Ricci, SJ (; la, Mattheus Riccius; 6 October 1552 – 11 May 1610), was an Italians, Italian Society of Jesus, Jesuit Priesthood in the Catholic Church, priest and one of the founding figures of the Jesuit China missions. He create ...

, an Italian

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stationed in Ming dynasty Beijing, China, with Chinese-written labeling and map symbols. * The iconoclast and Confucian scholar Li Zhi commits suicide while in a Chinese prison, during the late Ming dynasty; he had taught that women were the intellectual equals of men and should be given equal opportunity in education; he was charged with spreading "dangerous ideas". Amelia Elisabeth Landgräfin von Hessen-Kassel

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Births

January–March

January 2 Events Pre-1600 * 69 – The Roman legions in Germania Superior refuse to swear loyalty to Galba. They rebel and proclaim Vitellius as emperor. * 366 – The Alemanni cross the frozen Rhine in large numbers, invading the Roman Empi ...

** Rodrigo Ponce de León, 4th Duke of Arcos, Spanish noble (d.

1658 Events January–March * January 13 – Edward Sexby, who had plotted against Oliver Cromwell, dies in the Tower of London. * January 30 – The " March Across the Belts" (''Tåget över Bält''), Sweden's use of winter ...

) ** Sir Thomas Twisden, 1st Baronet, English politician (d.

1683 Events January–March * January 5 – The Brandenburger Gold Coast, Brandenburger—African Company, of the German state of Brandenburg, signs a treaty with representatives of the Ahanta people, Ahanta tribe (in what is now Ghan ...

) *

January 14 Events Pre-1600 *1236 – King Henry III of England marries Eleanor of Provence. *1301 – Andrew III of Hungary dies, ending the Árpád dynasty in Hungary. 1601–1900 *1639 – The "Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, Fundamenta ...

–

Sir Henry Slingsby, 1st Baronet Sir Henry Slingsby of Scriven, 1st Baronet, 14 January 1602 – 8 June 1658, was an English landowner, politician and soldier who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1625 and 1642. He supported the Royalist cause during the War ...

, English baronet (d.

) * January 18 – Robert Stuart, Duke of Kintyre and Lorne, fifth child of James VI of Scots and Anne of Denmark (d. 1602) * January 19 –

Anna Maria Antigó Anna Maria Antigó i Pujol (19 January 1602 – 28 September 1676) was a Catalan nun. Antigo was abbess of the convent St. Clair-de-la-Passion, in Perpignan, dedicated to the Poor Clares. She is best known for her work for peace in this communi ...

, Spanish Catholic nun (d.

1676 Events January–March * January 29 – Feodor III of Russia, Feodor III becomes Tsar of Russia. * January 31 – Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala, the oldest institution of higher education in Central America, is fo ...

) * January 24 –

Mildmay Fane, 2nd Earl of Westmorland Mildmay Fane, 2nd Earl of Westmorland (24 January 1602 – 12 February 1666), styled Lord le Despenser between 1624 and 1628, was an English nobleman, politician and writer. Life One of seven sons of Francis Fane by his wife Mary Mildmay, gr ...

, English politician (d.

1666 This is the first year to be designated as an ''Annus mirabilis'', in John Dryden's 1667 poem so titled, celebrating England's failure to be beaten either by the Dutch or by fire. It is the only year to contain each Roman numeral once in de ...

) * January 29 – Countess Amalie Elisabeth of Hanau-Münzenberg, Regent of Hesse-Kassel (1637–1650) (d.

1651 Events January–March * January 1 – Charles II is crowned King of Scots at Scone ( his first crowning). * January 24 – Parliament of Boroa in Chile: Spanish and Mapuche authorities meet at Boroa, renewing the fragile ...

) * January 31 –

Adam Billaut Adam Billaut (31 January 1602 – 18 May 1662) was a French carpenter, poet and singer. Nicknamed "the Virgil of rabot" he is considered one of the first poet-workers. Billaut divided his time between Paris, where he met Antoine Girard de Saint-A ...

, French poet, carpenter (d.

1662 Events January–March * January 4 – Dziaddin Mukarram Shah becomes the new Sultan of Kedah, an independent kingdom on the Malay Peninsula, upon the death of his father, Sultan Muhyiddin Mansur. * January 10 – At the ...

) *

–

Jeanne des Anges Jeanne des Anges, also known as Jeanne de Belcier (2 February 1602 – 29 January 1665), was a French Ursuline nun in Loudun, France. She became mother superior of the convent at a young age, but is chiefly remembered as a central figure in the ca ...

, French Ursuline nun in Loudun (d.

1665 Events January–March * January 5 – The ''Journal des sçavans'' begins publication of the first scientific journal in France. * February 15 – Molière's comedy '' Dom Juan ou le Festin de pierre'', based on the Spanis ...

) * February 12 – Michelangelo Cerquozzi, Italian painter (d.

1660 Events January–March * January 1 ** At daybreak, English Army Colonel George Monck, with two brigades of troops from his Scottish occupational force, fords the River Tweed at Coldstream in Scotland to cross the border into England ...

) *

February 13 Events Pre-1600 * 962 – Emperor Otto I and Pope John XII co-sign the ''Diploma Ottonianum'', recognizing John as ruler of Rome. *1322 – The central tower of Ely Cathedral falls on the night of 12th–13th. *1462 – The ...

– William V, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (d.

1637 Events January–March * January 5 – Pierre Corneille's tragicomedy ''Le Cid'' is first performed, in Paris, France. * January 16 – The siege of Nagpur ends in what is now the Maharashtra state of India, as Kok Shah, the ...

) *

February 14 Events Pre-1600 * 748 – Abbasid Revolution: The Hashimi rebels under Abu Muslim Khorasani take Merv, capital of the Umayyad province Khorasan, marking the consolidation of the Abbasid revolt. * 842 – Charles the Bald and Louis ...

–

Francesco Cavalli Francesco Cavalli (born Pietro Francesco Caletti-Bruni; 14 February 1602 – 14 January 1676) was a Republic of Venice, Venetian composer, organist and singer of the early Baroque music, Baroque period. He succeeded his teacher Claudio Monteverd ...

, Italian composer of the early Baroque period (d.

) * February 16 – Eleonore Dorothea of Anhalt-Dessau, Duchess of Saxe-Weimar by marriage (d.

1664 It is one of eight years (CE) to contain each Roman numeral exactly once (1000(M)+500(D)+100(C)+50(L)+10(X)+(-1(I)+5(V)) = 1664). Events January–March * January 5 – In the Battle of Surat in India, the Maratha leader, Chhat ...

) * February 18 **

Pieter Meulener Pieter Meulener or Peter Meulenaer ( Antwerp, baptised 18 February 1602 – Antwerp, 27 November 1654), Antwerp), was one of the leading Flemish painters of battle scenes in the mid-17th century. He also painted landscapes with genre scenes.< ...

, Flemish Baroque painter (d.

1654 Events January–March * January 6– In India, Jaswant Singh of Marwar (in what is now the state of Rajasthan) is elevated to the title of Maharaja by Emperor Shah Jahan. * January 11– In the Battle of Río Bueno in sout ...

) **

Per Brahe the Younger Count Per Brahe the Younger (18 February 1602 – 12 September 1680) was a Swedish soldier, statesman, and author. He served as Privy Councillor from 1630, Lord High Steward from 1640, as well as Governor-General of Finland in 1637–1640 and 16 ...

, Swedish soldier and statesman (d. 1680) *

March 12 Events Pre-1600 * 538 – Vitiges, king of the Ostrogoths ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving the city to the victorious Byzantine general, Belisarius. * 1088 – Election of Urban II as the 159th Pope of the Cat ...

– Juan Velez, Spanish Catholic prelate who was appointed Bishop of Cebu (d.

1661 Events January–March * January 6 – The Fifth Monarchists, led by Thomas Venner, unsuccessfully attempt to seize control of London; George Monck's regiment defeats them. * January 29 – The Rokeby baronets, a British ...

) * March 18 – Jacques de Billy, French Jesuit mathematician (d.

1679 Events January–June * January 24 – King Charles II of England dissolves the "Cavalier Parliament", after nearly 18 years. * February 3 – Moroccan troops from Fez are killed, along with their commander Moussa ben Ahmed be ...

) * March 24 – Edward Leigh, English writer (d.

1671 Events January–March * January 1 – The Criminal Ordinance of 1670, the first attempt at a uniform code of criminal procedure in France, goes into effect after having been passed on August 26, 1670. * January 5 – The B ...

) * March 27 – Sir Christopher Yelverton, 1st Baronet, English politician (d.

) * March 29 ** John Arrowsmith, English theologian and academic (d.

1659 Events January–March * January 14 – In the Battle of the Lines of Elvas, fought near the small city of Elvas in Portugal during the Portuguese Restoration War, the Spanish Army under the command of Luis Méndez de Haro suff ...

) **

John Lightfoot John Lightfoot (29 March 1602 – 6 December 1675) was an English churchman, rabbinical scholar, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge and Master of St Catharine's College, Cambridge. Life He was born in Stoke-on-Trent, the son of ...

, English churchman and rabbinical scholar (d.

1675 Events January–March * January 5 – Franco-Dutch War – Battle of Turckheim: The French defeat Austria and Brandenburg. * January 29 – John Sassamon, an English-educated Native Americans in the United States, Nati ...

)

April–June

* April –

William Lawes William Lawes (April 160224 September 1645) was an English composer and musician. Life and career Lawes was born in Salisbury, Wiltshire and was baptised on 1 May 1602. He was the son of Thomas Lawes, a vicar choral at Salisbury Cathedral, ...

, English composer and musician (d.

1645 Events January–March * January 3 – The Long Parliament adopts the ''Directory for Public Worship'' in England, Wales, Ireland and Scotland, replacing the Book of Common Prayer (1559). Holy Days (other than Sundays) are not ...

) * April 2 – Mary of Jesus of Ágreda, Franciscan abbess and spiritual writer (d.

) * April 12 –

Daniel Knudsen Bildt Daniel Knudsen Bildt (born 12 April 1602 in Båhuslen, died 22 June 1651) was a Dano-Norwegian military officer and a large estate owner in Norway. From 1644, he was War Commissioner. He is the ancestor of the Swedish noble .1651 Events January–March * January 1 – Charles II is crowned King of Scots at Scone ( his first crowning). * January 24 – Parliament of Boroa in Chile: Spanish and Mapuche authorities meet at Boroa, renewing the fragile ...

) * April 28 – Tokugawa Yorinobu, Japanese nobleman (d.

) * April 30 –

Robert Baillie Robert Baillie (30 April 16021662) was a Church of Scotland minister who became famous as an author and a propagandist for the Covenanters.

, Scottish divine and historical writer (d.

) * May 1 –

William Lilly William Lilly (9 June 1681) was a seventeenth century English astrologer. He is described as having been a genius at something "that modern mainstream opinion has since decided cannot be done at all" having developed his stature as the most imp ...

, English astrologer (d.

1681 Events January–March * January 1 – Prince Muhammad Akbar, son of the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb, initiates a civil war in India. With the support of troops from the Rajput states, Akbar declares himself the new Mughal Emperor ...

) * May 2 – Athanasius Kircher, German scholar (d. 1680) *

May 10 Events Pre-1600 * 28 BC – A sunspot is observed by Han dynasty astronomers during the reign of Emperor Cheng of Han, one of the earliest dated sunspot observations in China. *1291 – Scottish nobles recognize the authority of Edw ...

–

Samuel Newman Samuel Newman (May 10, 1602 – July 5, 1663) was a clergyman in colonial Massachusetts whose concordance of the Bible, published first in London in 1643, far surpassed any previous work of its kind. Newman was born in Banbury, Oxfordshire, Englan ...

, colonial Massachusetts clergyman (d.

1663 Events January–March * January 10 – The Royal African Company is granted a Royal Charter by Charles II of England. * January 23 – The Treaty of Ghilajharighat is signed in India between representatives of the Mughal ...

) * May 12 – Dorothea Augusta of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp, German duchess (d.

1682 Events January–March * January 7 – The Republic of Genoa forbids the unauthorized printing of newspapers and all handwritten newssheets; the ban is lifted after three months. * January 12 – Scottish minister James Ren ...

) *

May 26 Events Pre-1600 * 17 – Germanicus celebrates a triumph in Rome for his victories over the Cherusci, Chatti, and other German tribes west of the Elbe. * 451 – Battle of Avarayr between Armenian rebels and the Sasanian Empire take ...

– Philippe de Champaigne, French painter (d.

1674 Events January–March * January 2 – The French West India Company is dissolved after less than 10 years. * January 7 – In the Chinese Empire, General Wu Sangui leads troops into the Giuzhou province, and soon takes cont ...

) * June 2 –

Rudolf Christian, Count of East Frisia Rudolf Christian of Ostfriesland, Count of East Frisia, was count of East Frisia, (Hage, 2 June 1602 – Hage, 17 April 1628) and the second son of Enno III, Count of East Frisia and Anna of Holstein-Gottorp. During his reign, foreign troops ...

, ruler of East Frisia in the early years of the Thirty Years' War (d.

1628 Events January–March * January 19 – (26 Jumada al-Awwal 1037 A.H.) The reign of Salef-ud-din Muhammad Shahryar as the Mughal Emperor, Shahryar Mirza, comes to an end a little more than two months after the November 7 dea ...

)

July–September

July 8 Events Pre-1600 * 1099 – Some 15,000 starving Christian soldiers begin the siege of Jerusalem by marching in a religious procession around the city as its Muslim defenders watch. * 1283 – Roger of Lauria, commanding the Aragonese ...

– François Perrochel, French cleric (d.

) *

July 9 Events Pre-1600 *118 – Hadrian, who became emperor a year previously on Trajan's death, makes his entry into Rome. * 381 – The end of the First Council of Christian bishops convened in Constantinople by the Roman Emperor Theodos ...

– Maeda Gen'i, Japanese Buddhist priest * July 14 – Cardinal Mazarin, French statesman (d.

) * July 15 – John Bradshaw (judge), John Bradshaw, English judge and regicide (d.

) * July 18 – Samuel Stone, Connecticut Puritan minister (d.

) * July 26 – Ana de los Angeles Monteagudo, Peruvian nun (d. 1686) * August 10 – Gilles de Roberval, French mathematician (d.

) * August 23 – Sir John Marsham, 1st Baronet, English politician (d. 1685) * August 31 – Amalia of Solms-Braunfels, Princess consort to Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, Frederick Henry (d.

) * September 1 – Peregrine Hoby, English politician (d.

) * September 17 – Sir Richard Newdigate, 1st Baronet, English politician (d. 1678) * September 29 – Algernon Percy, 10th Earl of Northumberland, English military leader (d. 1668)

October–December

* October 3 – Arnold Braemes, English politician (d.

) * October 9 – Robert Caesar, English politician (d.

) * October 12 – William Chillingworth, controversial English churchman (d. 1644) * November 6 – William Morice (Secretary of State), William Morice, English politician (d.

) * November 17 – Agnes of Jesus, French Catholic nun (d. 1634) * November 20 – Otto von Guericke, German inventor and Mayor of Magdeburg (d. 1686) * November 22 – Elisabeth of France (1602–1644), Elisabeth of France, queen of Philip IV of Spain (d. 1644) * November 23 – Louis Philip, Count Palatine of Simmern-Kaiserslautern, Prince of Paltinate (d. 1655) * November 27 – Chiara Margarita Cozzolani, Italian abbess and composer (d. 1670) * December 4 – Johann Hülsemann, German theologian (d.

) * December 7 ** Anne Holck, Danish noble and war heroine (d.

) ** Bartholomew Mastrius, Italian theologian (d. 1673) * December 18 – Simonds d'Ewes, English antiquarian and politician (d. 1650) * December 26 – Sir Norton Knatchbull, 1st Baronet, English politician (d. 1685)

Date unknown

* John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton (d. 1678) * Caesar, duc de Choiseul, French marshal and diplomat (d.

) * John Greaves, English mathematician and antiquary (d. 1652) * Jean-Baptiste Budes, Comte de Guébriant, marshal of France (d. 1643) * Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester, English soldier (d.

) * Henry Marten (regicide), Henry Marten, English lawyer, politician and regicide (d. 1680) * Theodorus Moretus, Flemish mathematician (d. 1667) * Nectarius of Jerusalem, Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem (d.

) * Dudley North, 4th Baron North, English politician (d. 1677) * Katarzyna Ostrogska (1602–1642), Katarzyna Ostrogska, Polish noblewoman (d. 1642) * Antoine de l'Age, duc de Puylaurens, French courtier (d. 1635) * Eleonora Ramirez di Montalvo, Italian educator (d.

)

Probable

* Owen Feltham, English religious writer (d. 1668) * Richard Óge Martyn, Irish politician (d. 1648) * Salomon van Ruysdael, Dutch landscape painter (d. 1670)

Deaths

January–March

* January – Claude Fauchet (historian), Claude Fauchet, French historian * February 3 – Paulus Melissus, German composer (b. 1539) *

– Alexander Nowell, English clergyman (b. 1507) * February 19 – Philippe Emmanuel, Duke of Mercœur, French soldier (b. 1558) * March 11 – Emilio de' Cavalieri, Italian composer (b. c. 1550) *

– Philip IV, Count of Nassau-Weilburg and Nassau-Saarbrücken (1574–1602) (b. 1542) * March 22 – Agostino Carracci, Italian painter and graphical artist (b. 1557) * March 24 – Ii Naomasa, Japanese general (b. 1561) * March 25 – Joachim Frederick of Brieg, Duke of Wołów (b. 1550)

April–June

* April 8 – Ludvig Munk, Governor-general of Norway (b. 1537) * April 10 – Amalia of Neuenahr, German noble (b. 1539) * April 20 – Thomas Tichborne, English martyr (b. 1567) * April 26 – Antonio Maria Salviati, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1537) * May 9 – Giulio Antonio Santorio, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1532) * May 22 – Renata of Lorraine (b. 1544) * May 27 – Robert Stuart, Duke of Kintyre and Lorne, infant son of King James I/VI

July–September

* July 4 – Anna of Mecklenburg, Duchess consort of Courland (1566–1587) (b. 1533) * July 7 – Friedrich Wilhelm I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, German noble (b. 1562) * August 12 – Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak, Mughal vizier and historian (b. 1551) * August 23 – Sebastiano Filippi, Bastianino, Italian painter (b. c. 1536) * September 14 – Jean Passerat, French writer (b. 1534) * September 25 ** Caspar Peucer, German reformer (b. 1525) ** William Redman, Bishop of Norwich (b. 1541) * September 30 – Catherine of Brandenburg-Küstrin, daughter of Margrave John of Küstrin (b. 1549)

October–December

* October – Thomas Morley, English composer (b. 1557) * October 1 – Hernando de Cabezón, Spanish composer and organist (b. 1541) * October 7 – Thomas Schweicker, German artist (b. 1540) * October 13 – Franciscus Junius (the elder), Franciscus Junius, French theologian (b. 1545) * October 20 – Walter Leveson, English Elizabethan Member of Parliament, Shropshire landowner (b. 1550) * October 21 ** Hedwig of Brandenburg, Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Duchess consort of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (b. 1540) ** King David I of Kakheti (b. 1569) * October 28 – John, Prince of Schleswig-Holstein, youngest son of Frederick II of Denmark and Norway (b. 1583) * October 30 – Jean-Jacques Boissard, French antiquary and Latin poet (b. 1528) * October 31 – Dominic Collins, Irish Jesuit lay brother and martyr (b. 1566) * November 23 – Agnes of Solms-Laubach, Landgravine of Hesse-Kassel (b. 1578) * November 29 – Anthony Holborne, English composer (b. c. 1545) * December 1 – Kobayakawa Hideaki, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1577) * December 29 – Jacopo Corsi, Italian composer (b. 1561)

Date unknown

* Kim Myeong-won, Korean politician * Epifani Olives i Terès, Spanish politician * Oda Ujiharu, Japanese warlord * Valpuri Innamaa, Finnish shipowner

References

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