1640
| 1640 • End of the Iberian Union: A revolution organized by the nobility and bourgeoisie causes John IV of Portugal to be acclaimed as king, thus ending 60 years of personal union of the crowns of Portugal and Spain, and the rule of the House of Habsburg (also called the Philippine Dynasty). The Spanish Habsburgs do not recognize Portugal's new dynasty, the House of Braganza, until the end of the Portuguese Restoration War in 1668. |
1659
Age: 19y
marriageMartin Cornelisz Ysselsteyn Holland ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1659 • Lord Protector Richard Cromwell dissolves the English Parliament. |
1666
Age: 26y
birth of childGeertje Ysselsteyn New York, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1666 • Moulay al-Rashid conquers Fes, marking the beginning of Morocco's still-reigning Alaouite dynasty. |
1675
Age: 35y
| 1675 • English colonists abandon Deerfield, Squakeag, and Brookfield due to a coalition of Indian attacks. |
1699
Age: 59y
| 1699 • The beginning of Gulliver's Travels (1726). |