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 • The Treaty of Ripon is signed, restoring peace between the Scottish Covenanters and Charles I of England. |
1646
Age: 30y
birth of childMaritje Pieterse Quackenbosch 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1646 • Global temperatures begin to decline as part of the Little Ice Age |
1653
Age: 37y
| 1653 • Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg reconfirms the nobility's freedom from taxation and its unlimited control over the peasants. |
1682
Dec 27
Age: 68y
| 1682 • Louis XIV of France moves his court to Versailles. |