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1616
| 1616 • René Descartes, at age 20, graduates in civil and canon law at the University of Poitiers, where he becomes disillusioned with books, preferring to seek truths from "le grand livre du monde." His thesis defense may have been written in December. |
1634
Age: 18y
| 1634 • Suspecting that Patriarch Afonso Mendes played a part in the Portuguese assault on Mombasa, Emperor Fasilides expels him and several Jesuit missionaries from Ethiopia. |
1635
Age: 19y
birth of childPaltiah Elderkin 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1635 • In the Mughal Empire, Shah Jahans Pearl Mosque at Lahore Fort is completed. |