1614
Dec 26
| 1614 • The University of Groningen is established in the Dutch Republic. |
1640
Age: 24y
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marriagePieter Quackenbosch 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1640 • End of the Iberian Union: A revolution organized by the nobility and bourgeoisie causes John IV of Portugal to be acclaimed as king, thus ending 60 years of personal union of the crowns of Portugal and Spain, and the rule of the House of Habsburg (also called the Philippine Dynasty). The Spanish Habsburgs do not recognize Portugal's new dynasty, the House of Braganza, until the end of the Portuguese Restoration War in 1668. |
1646
Age: 30y
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birth of childMaritje Pieterse Quackenbosch 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1646 • The New Model Army of Thomas Fairfax occupies Oxford. |
1653
Age: 37y
| 1653 • 10 – Battle of Scheveningen: The final naval battle of the First Anglo-Dutch War is fought, between the fleets of the Commonwealth of England and the United Provinces off the Texel; the English navy gains a tactical victory over the Dutch fleet. |
1682
Dec 27
Age: 68y
| 1682 • Celia Fiennes noblewoman and traveller, begins her journeys across Britain, in a venture that would prove to be her life's work. Her aim was to chronicle the towns, cities and great houses of the country. Her travels continued until at least 1712, and would take her to every county in England, though the main body of her journal was not written until the year 1702. |