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1624
Jan 2
| 1624 • Afonso Mendes, appointed by Pope Gregory XV as Prelate of Ethiopia, arrives at Massawa from Goa. |
1624
Jan 2
| 1624 • After 90 years of Ottoman occupation, the Safavid empire recaptures Baghdad. |
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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Age: 23y
1648
Age: 23y
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marriageMary Lynde New England, Connecticut, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 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
Dec
Age: 34y
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birth of childHannah Butler Malden, Massachussetts, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 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. |