1589
| 1589 • Battle of Arques: King Henry IV of France's forces defeat those of the Catholic League under Charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne (younger brother of Henry I, Duke of Guise). |
1612
Age: 23y
marriageJohn Hygebed Ivinghoe, Buckinghamshire, England ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1612 • November 4 – An uprising in Moscow expels Polish troops. |
1615
Age: 26y
| 1615 • In England, John Winthrop, later governor of the future Massachusetts Bay Colony, marries his second wife (of four), Thomasine Clopton, daughter of William Clopton of Castleins, near Groton, Suffolk. |
1684
Age: 95y
| 1684 • The British East India Company receives Chinese permission to build a trading station at Canton. Tea sells in Europe for less than a shilling a pound, but the import duty of 5 shillings makes it too expensive for most English people to afford; hence smuggled tea is drunk much more than legally imported tea. |