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1650
 
   
Descartes catches a fatal chill, returning home in midwinter from pre-dawn instruction of Queen Christina of Sweden       
 
1653
 
   
Devoted fisherman Izaak Walton publishes the classic work on the subject, The Compleat Angler       
 
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