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1615
| 1615 • The Somers Isles Company is founded to administer Bermuda. |
1615
Feb 2
Age: 2m
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baptismIvinghoe, Buckinghamshire, England ⇓ In the Church of St. Mary, a church that has been active for over thirty generations. 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 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. |
1647
Age: 32y
marriageJedidiah Skidmore Him and Thomas Skidmore appeared to know eachother very well, they are mentioned many times together and in records. |
| 1647 • Peter Stuyvesant is appointed Director of New Amsterdam by the Dutch West India Company. |
1652
Age: 37y
birth of childEdward Higbee II Stratford, Connecticut, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1652 • First Anglo-Dutch War: The opening battle is fought off Dover, between Lt.-Admiral Maarten Harpertszoon Tromp's 42 Dutch ships and 21 English ships divided into 2 squadrons, one commanded by Robert Blake and the other by Nehemiah Bourne. |
1654
Age: 39y
occupationHuntington, Long Island, New York, USA ⇓ Higbee purchases a boat and moves to Huntington. He was the captain of the boat doing extensive bussiness with the West indies to where he made several trips. In 1660, his boat was presumed lost at sea. His wife passed away, and his children were moved to the custody of Thomas Skidmore Jr. (their uncle.) Higbee ended up returning safely, and there on he gave up the sea as a career. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1654 • Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria, is crowned. His absolutist style of leadership becomes a benchmark for the rest of Germany. |
1699
Sep
Age: 84y
| 1699 • Baron Jacob Hop is appointed as the treasurer-general of The Hague. |