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1615
| 1615 • The second volume of Miguel Cervantes' Don Quixote ("El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha") is published, and is as successful as the first. Don Quixote eventually becomes the only truly famous work its author ever wrote. |
1645
Age: 30y
| 1645 • The Stolberg-Wernigerode branch of the family of the counts of Stolberg and Wernigerode is founded in Germany. |
1646
Feb 3
Age: 31y
| 1646 • Massachusetts enacts the death penalty for having a rebellious child. |
1646
Feb 3
Age: 31y
| 1646 • First English Civil War – The Battle of Great Torrington, Devon, the last major battle of the conflict, is fought. |
1681
Jan 15
Age: 66y
| 1681 • The basilica of Santa Maria della Salute in Venice, designed by Baldassare Longhena in 1631, is dedicated. |