1610
Aug 26
| 1610 • Anglo-Powhatan Wars: The English launch a major attack on the Paspahegh village, capturing and executing the native queen and her children, burning houses and chopping down the corn fields; the subsequent use of the term "Paspahegh" in documents refers to their former territory. |
1610
Aug 26
| 1610 • The Manchu tribal leader Nurhaci breaks his relations with the Ming Dynasty of China, then under the aloof and growingly negligent Wanli Emperor; Nurhaci's line later becomes the emperors of the Qing Dynasty which overthrows the short-lived Shun Dynasty in 1644 and the remnants of the Ming throne in 1662. |
1631
Jun 9
Age: 20y
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marriageRichard Martin Ottery, Devon, England ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1631 • Eighty Years' War: A Spanish fleet under the command of admiral Antonio de Oquendo defeats a Dutch fleet off the coast of Brazil in the Battle of Albrolhos. |
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Age: 38y
1649
Age: 38y
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birth of childAnnis Martin Ottery St. Mary, Devon, England ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1649 • An act declaring England to be a Commonwealth is passed by the Rump Parliament. |
1666
Mar 3
Age: 55y
| 1666 • Isaac Newton uses a prism to split sunlight into the component colours of the optical spectrum, assisting understanding of the nature of light. He also develops differential calculus. His discoveries this year lead to it being referred to as his Annus mirabilis. |