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1614
Aug 28
| 1614 • Adriaen Block and a group of Amsterdam merchants petition the States General of the Northern Netherlands for exclusive trading rights in the area he explored and named "New Netherland". |
1640
Age: 25y
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marriageMaritje Ariens 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: 31y
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birth of childMaritje Pieterse Quackenbosch 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1646 • Global temperatures begin to decline as part of the Little Ice Age |
1653
Age: 38y
| 1653 • John Thurloe becomes Cromwell's head of intelligence. |
1686
Jan 4
Age: 71y
| 1686 • Russia, Saxony, Brandenburg and Bavaria join the Holy League against the Ottoman Turkish Empire. Imperial forces under Austrian leadership invade Ottoman-occupied Hungary and advance on Budapest. |