1598
| 1598 • Spanish conquistador Don Juan de Oñate holds America's first Thanksgiving celebration |
1670
Oct 4
Age: 72y
| 1670 • At Dover in England, Charles II of England and Louis XIV of France sign the Secret Treaty of Dover ending hostilities between their kingdoms. Louis will give Charles 200,000 pounds annually. In return Charles will relax the laws against Catholics, gradually re-Catholicize England, support French policy against the Dutch and convert to Catholicism himself. |