John Butler
Parents
Nicholas Butler
Nicholas Butler
1595 - 1671
Spouse
Mary Lynde
Mary Lynde
1629
Children
 

Timeline

1637


Age: 12y
1637 • The first English venture to China is attempted by captain John Weddell, who sails into port in Macau and Canton during the late Ming Dynasty with six ships. The voyages are for trade, which is dominated here by the Portuguese (at this time combined with the power of Spain). He brings 38,421 pairs of eyeglasses, perhaps the first recorded European-made eyeglasses to enter China.Brook, Timothy (1998). The Confusions of Pleasure: Commerce and Culture in Ming China p. 57. ISBN 0520221540.
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1648


Age: 23y
1648 • The Dutch and the Spanish sign the Peace of Münster, ending the Eighty Years' War. The Spanish Empire recognizes the Dutch Republic of United Netherlands as a sovereign state, (governed by the House of Orange-Nassau and the Estates General) which was previously a province of the Spanish Empire. (Ratified May 15.)

1658


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Age: 34y
1658 Anglo-Spanish War (1654–1660) and Franco-Spanish War (1635–1659): Battle of the Dunes: A Spanish force attempting to lift a siege of Dunkirk is defeated by the French and English. England is then given Dunkirk for its assistance in the victory.

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