1612
| 1612 • Axel Oxenstierna becomes Lord High Chancellor of Sweden. He persuades the Riksdag of the Estates to grant the Swedish nobility the right and privilege to hold all higher offices of government. |
1642
Apr 8
Age: 30y
| 1642 • Parliament orders the theatres of London closed, effectively ending the era of English Renaissance theatre. |
1677
Age: 65y
| 1677 • Spinoza's Ethics (Ethica, ordine geometrico demonstrata) is published as part of his Opera Posthuma in Amsterdam. |