♂ William Comstock

1596 - 1683

William Comstock
Spouse
Elizabeth Cock
Elizabeth Cock
1608 - 1665
Children
Daniel Comstock
Daniel Comstock
1624 - 1683

1596


Jul 4
Age: 4d
1596 Cornelis de Houtman arrives in Banten, the first Dutch sailor to reach Indonesia.

1624


Jul 21
Age: 28y
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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1635


Age: 38y
1635 Boston Latin School, the oldest school in the United States of America, is founded in Boston, Massachusetts.
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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).

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