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1614
Aug 28
| 1614 • Scottish mathematician John Napier publishes Mirifici Logarithmorum Canonis Descriptio (Description of the Admirable Table of Logarithms), outlining his discovery of logarithms and incorporating the decimal mark. Astronomer Johannes Kepler soon begins to employ logarithms in his description of the solar system. |
1640
Age: 25y
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marriageMaritje Ariens 2 Sources ⇓ |
1646
Age: 31y
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birth of childMaritje Pieterse Quackenbosch 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1646 • The first Protestant church assembly for natives is held in Massachusetts (see Waban). |
1653
Age: 38y
| 1653 • New Amsterdam (later renamed New York City) is incorporated. |
1686
Jan 4
Age: 71y
| 1686 • The forces of the Holy League of 1684 liberate Buda from Ottoman Turkish rule (leading to the end of Turkish rule in Hungary during the subsequent years). |