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1658
| 1658 • The Dutch in the Cape Colony start to import slaves from India and South-East Asia (later from Madagascar). |
1658
Oct 3
Age: 10m
| 1658 • After his father Shah Jahan completes the Taj Mahal, his son Aurangzeb deposes him as ruler of the Mughal Empire. |
1681
Nov 8
Age: 23y
marriageAnna Catherine Ruehl Wallau, Hessen-Darmstadt, Prussia ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1681 • Charles II of England grants a land charter to William Penn for the area that will later become Pennsylvania. |
1691
Age: 33y
birth of childJohann Abraham Lauck Germany ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1691 • Nine Years' War: French troops under Marshal Louis-Francois de Boufflers besiege the Spanish-held town of Mons. |
1709
Age: 51y
| 1709 • Great Northern War: Battle of Poltava: In the Ukraine, Peter the Great, Tsar of Russia, defeats Charles XII of Sweden, thus effectively ending Sweden's role as a major power in Europe. |