1631
| 1631 • Thirty Years' War: In the Battle of Breitenfeld, Tilly's imperial army is decisively defeated by Gustavus II Adolphus of Sweden, shattering the imperial army of the Holy Roman Empire and marking the first significant victory for the Protestants in the war. |
1653
Age: 22y
marriageAnne Bourne Plymouth, Devon, England ⇓ |
| 1653 • Ferdinand IV is elected King of the Romans. |
1668
Age: 37y
| 1668 • Isaac Newton builds the first reflecting telescope[http://books.google.com/books?id=32IDpTdthm4C&pg=PA67&lpg=PA67&dq=newton+reflecting+telescope++1668+letter+1669&source=bl&ots=PKABaGwPaN&sig=rPS8w23_nAp3kH5YMYGZ7JHhOaI&hl=en&ei=0QC1Svf7AsWb8Aa3nqGTDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5#v=onepage&q=newton%20reflecting%20telescope%20%201668%20letter%201669&f=false Isaac Newton: adventurer in thought, by Alfred Rupert Hall, page 67] (Newton's reflector). |
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Age: 85y
1716
Age: 85y
birth of childAndrew Bourne |
| 1716 • George Seton, 5th Earl of Winton, under sentence of death for his part in the Jacobite rising of 1715, escapes from the Tower of London and flees into exile on the continent. |
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Age: 41y
1672
Age: 41y
| 1672 • Johan de Witt, Grand Pensionary of Holland, is slaughtered by a mob in The Hague. |
1672
Dec 13
| 1672 • Münster and Cologne begin their invasion of the Dutch Republic; hence 1672 becomes known as het rampjaar ("the disaster year") in the Netherlands. |