1596
Jul
| 1596 • The first water closet, by Sir John Harington, is installed in a manor near Kelston in England. |
1596
Jul 4
Age: 4d
baptismWestminster, London, England ⇓ Baptized at St. Martin. 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1596 • Cornelis de Houtman arrives in Banten, the first Dutch sailor to reach Indonesia. |
1623
Sep 2
Age: 27y
marriageElizabeth Cock High Wycombe, Buckingham, England ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1623 • Murat IV (1623–1640) succeeds Mustafa I (1622–1623) as Ottoman Emperor. |
1624
Jul 21
Age: 28y
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birth of childDaniel Comstock St. Margaret, Uxbridge, Hillingdon, England ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1624 • The French Parliament passes a decree forbidding criticism of Aristotle on pain of death."[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/158787/Rene-Descartes/43352/Residence-in-the-Netherlands Rene Descartes]", Encyclopædia Britannica. 2009. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. 11 Oct. 2009. |
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Age: 38y
1635
Age: 38y
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immigrationWatertown, Massachusetts, USA ⇓ Very shortly after moved to Wethersfield, Connecticut. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1635 • Boston Latin School, the oldest school in the United States of America, is founded in Boston, Massachusetts. |
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Age: 86y
1683
Age: 86y
| 1683 • Battle of Vienna: The Ottoman siege of the city is broken with the arrival of a force of 70,000 Polish, Austrians and Germans under Polish-Lithuanian king Jan III Sobieski, whose cavalry turns their flank (considered to be the turning point in the Ottoman Empire's fortunes). |