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1492 Birth of Pietro Aretino, Italian writer, poet, and notorious blackmailer. Known for his sharp criticism and sympathy for reformers, he famously wrote, “Let us love winter, for it is the spring of genius.”

1646 Birth of Charles Plumier, French priest and botanist who explored the New World for King Louis XIV. He discovered the fuchsia, begonia, and magnolia, leaving a legacy immortalized in the tropical genus Plumeria, famously scented in 16th-century perfumed gloves.

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