1624 • 14 – The King's Men perform Thomas Middleton's satire A Game at Chess at the Globe Theatre, London, until it is suppressed in view of its allusions to the Spanish Match.

1647

Age: 23y

marriage

Edward Higby

1647 • Peter Stuyvesant is appointed Director of New Amsterdam by the Dutch West India Company.

Age: 28y

Edward Higbee II
Stratford, Connecticut, USA ⇓
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1652 • Rhode Island passes the first law in North America making slavery illegal.

Age: 36y

New York, USA ⇓
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1660 • Treaty of Oliva: peace made between Swedish Empire, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, the Habsburgs and Brandenburg-Prussia.