Martin Cornelisz Ysselsteyn
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1666 - 1763

1659


Age: 25y
1659 • The first known cheque (400 pounds) is written (on display at Westminster Abbey).

1666


Age: 32y
1666 • The Russian Orthodox Church holds a sobor (church council) which deposes Patriarch Nikon, but accepts his liturgical reforms. Dissenters from his reforms, known as Old Believers, continue to this day.

1675


Age: 41y
1675 June 25 – Colonial authorities of Rhode Island, Plymouth, and Massachusetts attempt a negotiation with Metacomet (King Philip), leader of the Wampanoags, and seek guarantees of fidelity from the Nipmuck and Narragansett tribes.

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