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1627
| 1627 • The English, under the Duke of Buckingham, invade Ré Island in support of the Huguenots in La Rochelle. The invasion does not go well. |
1656
Jul 1
Age: 29y
marriageElisabetha Schneider Wallau, Hessen-Darmstadt, Prussia ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1656 • Treaty of Labiau is signed between Charles X Gustav of Sweden and Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg. |
1657
Nov 8
Age: 30y
birth of childAnna Catherine Ruehl Wallau, Hessen-Darmstadt, Prussia ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1657 • The Accademia del Cimento is founded in Florence, Italy. |
1689
Age: 62y
| 1689 • The Bill of Rights establishes constitutional monarchy in England but with Roman Catholics barred from the throne. Parliament also passes the Act of Toleration protecting Protestants but with Roman Catholics intentionally excluded. This effectively concludes the Glorious Revolution. |
1689
Jan 4
| 1689 • Nine Years' War: With England and the Netherlands both now ruled by William III, they join the Grand Alliance (League of Augsburg), thus escalating the conflict, which continues until 1697. This is also the effective beginning of King William's War, the first of four North American Wars until 1763 between English and French colonists, both sides allied to Native American tribes. The nature of the fighting is a series of raids on each other's settlements across the Canadian and New England borders. |