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1595
| 1595 • The Riksdag of the Estates at Söderköping in Sweden elects the Lutheran Duke Charles as the country's regent in place of Sigismund III Vasa, King of Poland and Sweden. |
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Age: 40y
1635
Age: 40y
birth of childGeorg Meister Brensbach, Hesse, Germany ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1635 • Boston Latin School, the oldest school in the United States of America, is founded in Boston, Massachusetts. |
1648
Age: 53y
| 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.) |