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1626
Nov 11
1626 • Thirty Years' War: Tilly defeats king Christian IV of Denmark's army in the Battle of Lutter. |
1626
Nov 19
Age: 8d
1626 • Peter Minuit becomes director-general of New Netherland for the Dutch West India Company. |
1647
Age: 20y
1647 • Aberystwyth Castle is razed to the ground by Parliamentarian troops. |
1653
Age: 26y
marriageSarah Katherine Dedman Virginia, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
1653 • New Amsterdam (later renamed New York City) is incorporated. |
1658
Age: 31y
birth of childMary Taliaferro Richmond County, Virginia, USA ⇓ |
1658 • After his father Shah Jahan completes the Taj Mahal, his son Aurangzeb deposes him as ruler of the Mughal Empire. |
1671
Age: 44y
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. |