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1585
| 1585 • The Netherlands adopts the Gregorian calendar. |
1585
Nov 30
Age: 1y
| 1585 • The Treaty of Nemours forces King Henry III of France to capitulate to the demands of the Catholic League, triggering the Eighth War of Religion (also known as the War of the Three Henrys) to begin in France. |
1612
Age: 27y
marriageUrsula Blacknell Ivinghoe, Buckinghamshire, England ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1612 • Galileo Galilei becomes the first astronomer to observe the planet Neptune when in conjunction with Jupiter, yet he mistakenly catalogues it as a fixed star because of its extremely slow motion along the ecliptic. Neptune is not truly discovered until 1846, about 234 years after Galileo first sights it with his telescope. |
1615
Age: 30y
| 1615 • Austrian merchants receive economic privileges in the Ottoman Empire. |
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Mar
Age: 62y
1647
Mar
Age: 62y
| 1647 • 1647 Santiago earthquake rattles Chile. |
1647
Mar 27
| 1647 • Thirty Years' War: Bavaria, Cologne, France and Sweden sign the Truce of Ulm. |