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1632

• John Donne’s Death’s Duell is published
• Galileo publishes his at-the-time controversial findings in the field of astronomy; arrested and threatened with torture, he recants his findings and his books are banned
• Lord Baltimore founds Maryland as a colony for English Catholics
• The Taj Mahal is built
• Thomas Dekker dies (August 25)
• John Locke is born (August 29)