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1568
| 1568 • Battle of Heiligerlee: Troops under Louis of Nassau, brother of William I of Orange, defeat a smaller loyalist force under the Duke of Arenberg in an attempt to invade the Northern Netherlands. This is effectively the start of the Eighty Years' War. |
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Age: 24y
1592
Age: 24y
birth of childHenry Brooks 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1592 • John III is succeeded by his son Sigismund as King of Sweden. |
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Aug 5
Age: 39y
1607
Aug 5
Age: 39y
| 1607 • Hamlet is performed aboard the East India Company ship Red Dragon, under the command of Capt. William Keeling, anchored off the coast of Sierra Leone, the first known performance of a Shakespeare play outside England in English, and the first by amateurs. |