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1595
1595 • Battle of Calugareni: The Wallachians, led by Michael the Brave, accomplish a great tactical victory against the vast army of the Turks, numbering over 150,000 men, led by Sinan Pasha. |
1613
Feb 13
Age: 18y
marriageSt. George's, Canterbury, Kent, England ⇓ He married firstly a women named Mary Cotterell, who died roughly ten years later in Ashford. 1 Source ⇓ |
1613 • Gregor Richter, the chief pastor of Görlitz, denounces Jacob Boehme as a heretic in his Sunday sermon. |
1623
Jan 22
Age: 28y
1623 • Johannes Rudbeck founds Rudbeckianska Gymnasiet, the first gymnasium in Sweden. |
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Jan 2
Age: 29y
1624
Jan 2
Age: 29y
birth of childJohn Butler Ashford, Kent, England ⇓ 4 Sources ⇓ |
1624 • Treaty of Compiègne, signed between France and the Netherlands |
1631
Jul 21
Age: 36y
eventCanterbury, Kent, England ⇓ Him and John Harker, Joyce's stepfather, were plaintiffs in Canterbury against defendant Ursula Vanner, late wife of Henry Vanner, who died 1630, mentioning his cousin Joyce, daughter of Richard Baker, in his will. 1 Source ⇓ |
1631 • In Dorchester, Massachusetts, John Winthrop takes the oath of office and becomes the first Governor of Massachusetts. |
1637
Age: 42y
immigrationDorchester, Massachusetts, USA ⇓ Pages 54-58 On board the ship the "Hercules". 2 Sources ⇓ |
1637 • Plymouth Colony grants the "tenn menn of Saugust" a new settlement on Cape Cod, later named Sandwich, Massachusetts. |
1655
Age: 60y
eventAn exemplification relating to properties held by Nicholas Butler, Thomas Catterall and Thomas Hesketh in Wrightington. His first wife's name was Mary Cotterell. 1 Source ⇓ |
1655 • Battle of Porto Farina, Tunis: English admiral Robert Blake's fleet defeats the Barbarian pirates. |
1671
Aug 13
Age: 76y
1671 • Thomas Blood, disguised as a clergyman, attempts to steal the Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom from the Tower of London. He is immediately caught because he is too drunk to run with the loot. He is later condemned to death and then mysteriously pardoned and exiled by King Charles II. |