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1583
| 1583 • Sir Humphrey Gilbert, on the site of the modern-day city of St John's, Newfoundland, claims the island of Newfoundland on behalf of England, marking the beginning of the British Empire. |
1615
Feb 13
Age: 32y
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marriageRebecca Buswell Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire, England ⇓ 5 Sources ⇓ |
| 1615 • Forces under the shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu take Osaka Castle in Japan, beginning a period of peace which lasts nearly 250 years. Bands of Christian samurai support Ieyasu's enemies at the Battle of Osaka. |
1648
Age: 65y
immigrationWethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA ⇓ Part of the Puritan Great Migration. 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1648 • The Dutch and the Spanish sign the Peace of Münster, ending the Eighty Years' War. The Spanish Empire recognizes the Dutch Republic of United Netherlands as a sovereign state, (governed by the House of Orange-Nassau and the Estates General) which was previously a province of the Spanish Empire. (Ratified May 15.) |
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Age: 199y
1782
Age: 199y
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birth of childAbigail Smith New Jersey, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1782 • In Switzerland, Anna Göldi is sentenced to death for witchcraft (the last legal witchcraft sentence). |
after
Age: 96y
1679
Age: 96y
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deathHartford, Connecticut, USA ⇓ Both him and his wife are mentioned in John Winthrop the younger's medical journal as his patients. 4 Sources ⇓ |
| 1679 • A fire in Boston, Massachusetts, burns all of the warehouses, 80 houses, and all of the ships in the dockyards. |