1631
| 1631 • Eighty Years' War: A Spanish fleet under the command of admiral Antonio de Oquendo defeats a Dutch fleet off the coast of Brazil in the Battle of Albrolhos. |
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Age: 19y
1650
Age: 19y
birth of childAndrew Bourne Plymouth, Devon, England ⇓ |
| 1650 • Henry Robinson opens his Office of Addresses and Encounters (the first historically documented dating service) in Threadneedle Street, London. |
1653
Age: 22y
marriageAnne Bourne Plymouth, Devon, England ⇓ |
| 1653 • Ferdinand IV is elected King of the Romans. |
1668
Age: 37y
| 1668 • Isaac Newton builds the first reflecting telescope[http://books.google.com/books?id=32IDpTdthm4C&pg=PA67&lpg=PA67&dq=newton+reflecting+telescope++1668+letter+1669&source=bl&ots=PKABaGwPaN&sig=rPS8w23_nAp3kH5YMYGZ7JHhOaI&hl=en&ei=0QC1Svf7AsWb8Aa3nqGTDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5#v=onepage&q=newton%20reflecting%20telescope%20%201668%20letter%201669&f=false Isaac Newton: adventurer in thought, by Alfred Rupert Hall, page 67] (Newton's reflector). |
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Age: 41y
1672
Age: 41y
| 1672 • William III of Orange is appointed Stadtholder of Holland and Zeeland on July 16. |
1672
Dec 13
| 1672 • French forces under king Louis XIV cross the Rhine into the Netherlands. The city of Utrecht is occupied by the French Army. |