Genealogy Richard Remmé, The Hague, Netherlands » Anton Günther I Graf von (Anton Günther I, Graf von) Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (1620-1666)

Day of marriage October 29, 1644

• Stadhouder Prins Frederik Hendrik (Huis van Oranje) was from 1625 till 1647 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• In the year 1644: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 29 » Abel Tasman's second Pacific voyage begins.
  • May 25 » Ming general Wu Sangui forms an alliance with the invading Manchus and opens the gates of the Great Wall of China at Shanhaiguan pass, letting the Manchus through towards the capital Beijing.
  • May 28 » English Civil War: Bolton Massacre by Royalist troops under the command of James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby.
  • September 1 » Battle of Tippermuir: James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose defeats the Earl of Wemyss's Covenanters, reviving the Royalist cause.
  • November 8 » The Shunzhi Emperor, the third emperor of the Qing dynasty, is enthroned in Beijing after the collapse of the Ming dynasty as the first Qing emperor to rule over China.
  • November 23 » John Milton publishes Areopagitica, a pamphlet decrying censorship.

Day of death August 19, 1666

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  Van 1650 tot 1672 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Eerste Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• In the year 1666: Source: Wikipedia
  • August 19 » Second Anglo-Dutch War: Rear Admiral Robert Holmes leads a raid on the Dutch island of Terschelling, destroying 150 merchant ships, an act later known as "Holmes's Bonfire".
  • September 2 » The Great Fire of London breaks out and burns for three days, destroying 10,000 buildings, including Old St Paul's Cathedral.
  • September 3 » The Royal Exchange burns down in the Great Fire of London.
  • September 4 » In London, England, the most destructive damage from the Great Fire occurs.
  • September 5 » Great Fire of London ends: Ten thousand buildings, including Old St Paul's Cathedral, are destroyed, but only six people are known to have died.
  • November 28 » At least 3,000 men of the Royal Scots Army led by Tam Dalyell of the Binns defeat about 900 Covenanter rebels in the Battle of Rullion Green.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1646 » Alexander Henderson, Scottish theologian and academic (b. 1583)
• 1654 » Yom-Tov Lipmann Heller, Bohemian rabbi (b. 1579)
• 1662 » Blaise Pascal, French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (b. 1623)
• 1680 » Jean Eudes, French priest, founded the Congregation of Jesus and Mary (b. 1601)
• 1691 » Köprülü Fazıl Mustafa Pasha, Ottoman commander and politician, 117th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1637)
• 1702 » Anthony Grey, 11th Earl of Kent, English politician (b. 1645)