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1652
| 1652 • Michiel de Ruyter marries the widow Anna van Gelder and plans retirement, but months later becomes a vice-commodore in the First Anglo-Dutch War. |
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Age: 27y
1679
Age: 27y
birth of childRush Hudson 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1679 • Armenia earthquake: A tremor with a magnitude of 7.0 takes place in the Yerevan region of the Persian Empire. |
1707
Age: 55y
| 1707 • Scilly naval disaster: four Royal Navy ships run aground in the Isles of Scilly because of faulty navigation. Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell and at least 1450 sailors all drown. |