1661:
Koxinga (Zhjeng Sen) lands in Taiwan, to wrest it from the Dutch.
Cardinal Mazarin died.
Takanoshi family invented soy sauce
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1661:
Koxinga (Zhjeng Sen) lands in Taiwan, to wrest it from the Dutch.
Cardinal Mazarin died.
Takanoshi family invented soy sauce
1660 - Charles II crowned in england
1659 - December 26
The Long Parliament reforms occur in Westminster
1658
Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of Scotland, Ireland and England, dies and is succeded by his son Richard.
Portuguese traders are expelled from Ceylon by Dutch invaders
1657 - March 1
Swiss theologian Samuel Werenfels is born
1656
Warsaw surrendered to the Poles.
Blake captures a Spanish treasure fleet off Cadiz.
1655
Titan, Saturn's largest moon, is discovered by Christian Huygens
Egnlish troops land on Jamaica on 10th of May
1654 - June 3
Louis XIV of France crowned at Rheims
1653
Blake defeats Van Tromp.
Swiss peasants were revolting.
Pascal published "Treatise on the Equilibrium of Liquids"
1652
Dutch sailor Jan van Riebeeck establishes a resupply camp for the Dutch East India Company at the Cape of Good Hope, and founded Cape Town
1651
Fronde civil war in France
1650
English Civil War, and the infamous Nell Gwynne dies.
1650: "the infamous Nell Gwynne dies."??? That sounds unlikely - Aha - pretty, witty Nell was born in 1650, died 1687
1649 Jan 30: Execution of Charles I of England etc
1648
The Dutch and the Spanish sign the Treaty of Munster on January 39th, ending the Eighty Years' War.
1647
Charles I
Charles I fled to Scotland following his defeat in 1645. In January, the Scots handed Charles I over to Parliament at Newcastle in exchange for monies owed. Charles I was held prisoner at Holmby House in Northamptonshire. In June, the army revolted and seized the King but Charles I escaped to the Isle of Wight.
On August 6, Cromwell led the New Model Army into London and took control of Parliament.
1646
Roger Scott was tried in Massachusetts for sleeping in church.
May 30: Spain and the Netherlands sign a temporary cease fire in the war.
1645
Battle of Inverlochy. Montrose ravages Argyll. Town of Dundee sacked by
Montrose's army.
1644
Swedish forces invade Denmark early in the year under the command of Count Gustav Horn, breaking a peace that has held since 1613.
June 6 - The invading Manchu army, with the help of Ming general Wu Sangui, captures Beijing, China. This marks the beginning of the Qing Dynasty (also known as the Manchu Dynasty), the last imperial dynasty of China.
July 2 - Battle of Marston Moor, a crushing victory for the Parliamentary side of the English Civil War, ended Charles I's hold on the north of England.
1643
Dutch explorer, Abel Tasman discovered the islands but did not attempt to land because of reports of cannibalism that was rampant in the islands.
1642
On 2nd of September Parliament orders the theatres of London closed, effectively ending the era of English Renaissance theatre.
Abel Tasman becomes the first European to discover the island Van Diemen's Land (later renamed Tasmania)
1641
Uprising in Ireland
Lord Strafford executed,
1640
December 1: Portugal regains its independence from Spain and Joćo IV of Portugal becomes king. Spain does not recognize Portugal's independence until 1668.
The first known European coffee house opens in Venice
1639
September 25: 1st printing press in America
November 24: 1st observation of transit of Venus occured (only 2 recorded)
1638 - March 5
The Treaty of Hamburg is signed by France and Sweden
1637: First opera house, Teatro San Cassiona, opens in Venice.
Dec 3, 1636 - founding of the United States National Guard
1635
July - Robert Hooke born
August - Hurricane sweeps coast from Virginia to Connecticut
Lope de Vega died
1634 Dorothe Engelbretsdotter born
1633 - English poet George Herbert dies
1631
Magdeburg falls to Tilly
Tilly defeated at Leipsic
What happened to 1632?
1630
Native American Quadequine introduces popcorn to English colonists
1629
Charles I dissolves his third parliament.
Christiaan Huygens born
1628
William Harvey publishes his findings about blood circulation
1627
Muslim raids on Iceland (The Turkish abductions).
1626 - King Charles I of England is crowned
Gosh! Did nothing happen in 1626?!Quote:
Originally Posted by Alexei
1625
The English Parliament refuses to vote Charles I the right to collect customs duties for his entire reign, restricting him to one year instead
1624 - Martin Luther's German translation of the Bible is publicly burned by order of the Pope.
Sorry, for the previous post. See the edit there
And I thought there was some historical glitch and someone had forgotten to catalog a whole year! ;)
1623
The first breach-of-promise lawsuit: Rev. Gerville Pooley, in Virginia, files against Cicely Jordan, but he lose (what a shame)
1622
King James I of England disbands the English Parliament.
[You know, this game is fun, isn't it? We can learn some new things.]
1621
War resumes between Holland & Spain after a 12 year truce