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1615
| 1615 • The Grolsch Brewery is founded in Groenlo, Netherlands. |
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 • Austrian merchants receive economic privileges in the Ottoman Empire. |
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 • 1647 Santiago earthquake rattles Chile. |
1652
Age: 37y
birth of childEdward Higbee II Stratford, Connecticut, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1652 • First Anglo-Dutch War – Battle of Plymouth: A fleet from the Commonwealth of England attacks an outward-bound convoy of the United Provinces, escorted by 23 men-of-war and 6 fire ships commanded by Vice-Commodore Michiel de Ruyter. |
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 • Treaty of Karlowitz is concluded. The Republic of Venice, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Holy Roman Empire sign a peace treaty with the Ottoman Empire. The Ottoman Turks cede to Austria all their former territories in Transylvania, Slavonia, Croatia and the whole of Hungary except for the Banat of Temesvar. The Peloponnese and Dalmatia are ceded to Venice. Large parts of the Ukraine are ceded to Poland. The treaty marks a significant stage in the decline of the Ottoman Empire that has dominated eastern Europe since the fall of Constantinople in 1453. |