1661
The death of Jules, Cardinal Mazarin (born July 14, 1602), co-Regent of France during the childhood of Louis XIV, though originally he was Giulio Raimondo Mazarini, a native of Pescina, in Abruzzi, in the Kingdom of Naples. But really what makes his tale worthy of recording is not him but his five nieces, who he brought to France in hope of finding them all aristocratic marriages, the wealth that would accompany it, and the dynasty that would follow. He failed, but two of those nieces most certainly did not, albeit not in a manner that he would have wanted, let alone approved. Marie and sister Hortense Mancini can be found on June 22, unaccompanied by any male escorts, and on the Ancien Régime page of "Woman-Blindness".
Liu Che, posthumously known as Emperor Wu of Han, assumed the throne of China today in 141 BCE, and reigned for fifty-four years until his death on March 29, 87 BC. For a much fuller history of the Chinese dynasties, follow my China pages here.
Adam Smith published his theories of economics, "The Wealth of
Nations", today in
Gustav Mahler (aged 41 at the time) married Alma Schindler (aged 22 at the time) in Vienna, today in 1902. For Tom Lehrer's splendid hommage to the lady, click here. For more on her as a serious composer, click here.
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