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1625
Oct 1
| 1625 • A Dutch fleet attacks the Portuguese garrison at Elmina castle at present-day Elmina, Ghana, but is defeated with heavy casualties. This defeat, along with the defeats at Bahia and Puerto Rico caused a 5-year-long lull in Dutch attacks on Spanish and Portuguese colonies. |
1625
Oct 9
Age: 8d
| 1625 • A total of 16 rabbis (including Isaiah Horowitz) are imprisoned in Jerusalem. |
1652
Apr 24
Age: 26y
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marriageClaude Guillaume Le Maistre Amsterdam, Holland ⇓ Married at French Walloons Church, they made their home in Flatbush, Midwout from 1652-1662. 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1652 • First Anglo-Dutch War: The opening battle is fought off Dover, between Lt.-Admiral Maarten Harpertszoon Tromp's 42 Dutch ships and 21 English ships divided into 2 squadrons, one commanded by Robert Blake and the other by Nehemiah Bourne. |
1665
Age: 39y
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birth of childJacobus Le Maistre Long Island, New York, USA ⇓ He was the youngest son. 3 Sources ⇓ |
1673
Feb 24
Age: 47y
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locationFlatbush, Long Island, New York, USA ⇓ Daughter Susannah is married to Arent Bussing |
| 1673 • First Battle of Schooneveld: In a sea battle of the Third Anglo-Dutch War, fought off the Netherlands coast, the Dutch Republic fleet (commanded by Michiel de Ruyter) defeats the allied Anglo-French fleet commanded by Prince Rupert of the Rhine. |
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Age: 84y
1710
Age: 84y
| 1710 • In Sweden, the Royal Society of Sciences in Uppsala is founded as the Collegium curiosorum. |