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1615
| 1615 • The New Netherland Company is granted a 3-year monopoly in North American trade between the 40th and 45th parallels. |
1645
Age: 30y
| 1645 • Because of the plague, the Edinburgh town council orders that the college graduation ceremony should be brought forward so that students can leave the city (on November 19, teaching resumes in Linlithgow). |
1646
Feb 3
Age: 31y
| 1646 • The Westminster Confession of Faith is published. |
1646
Feb 3
Age: 31y
| 1646 • Massachusetts enacts the death penalty for having a rebellious child. |
1681
Jan 15
Age: 66y
| 1681 • Treaty of Bakhchisarai between the Ottoman vassal Crimean Khanate and the Russian Empire. |