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1543: The Jesuit order (Society of Jesus) was founded by Ignatius de Loyola in Paris, with the aims of protecting Catholicism against the Reformation and carrying out missionary work.
1771: Sir Walter Scott, creator of the historical novel, was born in Edinburgh.
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