5 April

In 1614 – Powhatan woman Pocahontas married English colonist John Rolfe in Virginia.

Above: Q'orianka Kilcher and Christian Bale as Pocahontas and Rolfe, in Terrance Malick’s 2005 film The New World.

Also, born in 1588, English philosopher Thomas Hobbes, who wrote, “In the nature of man, we find three principal causes of quarrel. First, competition; secondly, diffidence; thirdly, glory.”