1603
| 1603 • Sir Walter Raleigh goes on trial for treason in the converted Great Hall of Winchester Castle. He is found guilty but his life is spared by King James I at this time and he is returned to imprisonment in the Tower of London. |
1658
Age: 55y
birth of childJohann Valentin Lauck 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1658 • Portuguese traders are expelled from Ceylon by Dutch invaders. |
1683
Jul 20
Age: 80y
| 1683 • The Qing Dynasty Chinese admiral Shi Lang leads 300 ships with 20,000 troops out of Tongshan, Fujian and sails towards the Kingdom of Tungning, in modern-day Taiwan and Penghu, in order to quell the kingdom in the name of Qing. |
1683
Jul 22
| 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). |