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1595
| 1595 • Probable first performance of William Shakespeare's plays Romeo and Juliet and A Midsummer Night's Dream in London. |
1613
Feb 13
Age: 18y
marriageSt. George's, Canterbury, Kent, England ⇓ He married firstly a women named Mary Cotterell, who died roughly ten years later in Ashford. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1613 • King James I of England successfully mediates the Treaty of Knäred between Denmark and Sweden. |
1623
Jan 22
Age: 28y
| 1623 • The first American temperance law is enacted, in Virginia. |
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Jan 2
Age: 29y
1624
Jan 2
Age: 29y
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birth of childJohn Butler Ashford, Kent, England ⇓ 4 Sources ⇓ |
| 1624 • The Palace of Versailles is first built by Louis XIII, as a hunting lodge. |
1631
Jul 21
Age: 36y
eventCanterbury, Kent, England ⇓ Him and John Harker, Joyce's stepfather, were plaintiffs in Canterbury against defendant Ursula Vanner, late wife of Henry Vanner, who died 1630, mentioning his cousin Joyce, daughter of Richard Baker, in his will. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1631 • Mount Vesuvius erupts in Pompeii. |
1637
Age: 42y
immigrationDorchester, Massachusetts, USA ⇓ Pages 54-58 On board the ship the "Hercules". 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1637 • Ferdinand III becomes Holy Roman Emperor. |
1655
Age: 60y
eventAn exemplification relating to properties held by Nicholas Butler, Thomas Catterall and Thomas Hesketh in Wrightington. His first wife's name was Mary Cotterell. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1655 • Dutch Grand Pensionary advisor Johan de Witt marries Wendela Bicker. |
1671
Aug 13
Age: 76y
| 1671 • The Ottoman Empire declares war on Poland. |