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1580
| 1580 • Battle of Alcântara: Spanish armies, led by Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, defending the claim of King Philip II of Spain to the Portuguese throne, defeat the armies of Portuguese claimant António, Prior of Crato. |
1602
Age: 22y
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marriageJean Clarisse 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1602 • The iconoclast and Confucian scholar Li Zhi commits suicide while in a Chinese prison during the late Ming Dynasty; he had taught that women were the intellectual equals of men and should be given equal opportunity in education; he was charged with spreading "dangerous ideas". |
1602
Mar 17
Age: 22y
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birth of childCatherine Clarisse Canterbury, Kent, England ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1602 • A private trading company is established in Copenhagen, with a monopoly on the trade with Iceland. |
1605
Sep 30
Age: 25y
| 1605 • Crew of the Olive become the first English visitors to Barbados. |