1614
Dec 26
| 1614 • Adriaen Block and a group of Amsterdam merchants petition the States General of the Northern Netherlands for exclusive trading rights in the area he explored and named "New Netherland". |
1640
Age: 24y
marriagePieter Quackenbosch 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1640 • Catalan Revolt (Guerra dels Segadors) breaks out in Catalonia. |
1646
Age: 30y
birth of childMaritje Pieterse Quackenbosch 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1646 • The Westminster Confession of Faith is published. |
1653
Age: 37y
| 1653 • Cardinal Mazarin returns to Paris from exile. |
1682
Dec 27
Age: 68y
| 1682 • Celia Fiennes noblewoman and traveller, begins her journeys across Britain, in a venture that would prove to be her life's work. Her aim was to chronicle the towns, cities and great houses of the country. Her travels continued until at least 1712, and would take her to every county in England, though the main body of her journal was not written until the year 1702. |