1609
Nov 22
| 1609 • By the Treaty of Antwerp the Netherlands and Spain agree the Twelve Years' Truce (1609–1621) in the Eighty Years' War, allowing the Dutch East India Company to trade within the Spanish Empire. |
1631
Jun 9
Age: 21y
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marriageElizabeth Salter Ottery, Devon, England ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1631 • The city of Würzburg is taken by Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden, putting an end to the Würzburg witch trials, but not before an estimated 900 people from the city and its environs had been burned at the stake for witchcraft. |
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Age: 39y
1649
Age: 39y
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birth of childAnnis Martin Ottery St. Mary, Devon, England ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1649 • 11 – Sack of Wexford in Ireland: New Model Army massacre the Irish Catholic Confederation garrison. |
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Age: 53y
1663
Age: 53y
| 1663 • The Prince Edward Islands in the sub-antarctic Indian Ocean are discovered by Barent Barentszoon Lam of the Dutch ship Maerseveen and named Dina (Prince Edward) and Maerseveen (Marion).Leupe, Pieter Arend Leupe (1868). "De eilanden Dina en Maerseveen in den Zuider Atlantischen Oceaan" in: Verhandelingen en berigten betrekkelijk het zeewezen, de zeevaartkunde, de hydrographie, de koloniën en de daarmede in verband staande wetenschappen, Deel 28, Afd. 2, [no.] 9 (Amsterdam) pp. 242-253. |
1694
Mar 2
Age: 84y
