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Christening day November 29, 1607

• Stadhouder Prins Maurits (Huis van Oranje) was from 1585 till 1625 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• In the year 1607: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 19 » San Agustin Church in Manila is officially completed; it is the oldest church still standing in the Philippines.
  • January 30 » An estimated 200 square miles (51,800 ha) along the coasts of the Bristol Channel and Severn Estuary in England are destroyed by massive flooding, resulting in an estimated 2,000 deaths.
  • February 24 » L'Orfeo by Claudio Monteverdi, one of the first works recognized as an opera, receives its première performance.
  • April 26 » English colonists make landfall at Cape Henry, Virginia.
  • September 14 » Flight of the Earls from Lough Swilly, Donegal, Ireland.
  • October 5 » Assassins sent by the Pope attempt to kill Venetian statesman and scientist Paolo Sarpi.

Day of marriage January 26, 1631

• 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 1631: Source: Wikipedia
  • May 18 » In Dorchester, Massachusetts, John Winthrop takes the oath of office and becomes the first Governor of Massachusetts.
  • May 20 » The city of Magdeburg in Germany is seized by forces of the Holy Roman Empire and most of its inhabitants massacred, in one of the bloodiest incidents of the Thirty Years' War.
  • May 30 » Publication of Gazette de France, the first French newspaper.
  • June 17 » Mumtaz Mahal dies during childbirth. Her husband, Mughal emperor Shah Jahan I, will spend the next 17 years building her mausoleum, the Taj Mahal.
  • September 17 » Sweden wins a major victory at the Battle of Breitenfeld against the Holy Roman Empire during the Thirty Years' War.
  • October 10 » Thirty Years' War: An army of the Electorate of Saxony seizes Prague.

Day of death November 26, 1651

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  Van 1650 tot 1672 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Eerste Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• In the year 1651: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 22 » St. Peter's Flood: A storm surge floods the Frisian coast, drowning 15,000 people.
  • June 28 » The Battle of Berestechko between Poland and Ukraine starts.
  • June 30 » The Deluge: Khmelnytsky Uprising: The Battle of Berestechko ends with a Polish victory.
  • September 3 » Third English Civil War: Battle of Worcester: Charles II of England is defeated in the last main battle of the war.
  • December 15 » Castle Cornet in Guernsey, the last stronghold which had supported the King in the Third English Civil War, surrenders.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1621 » Ralph Agas, English surveyor and cartographer (b. 1540)
• 1639 » John Spottiswoode, Scottish archbishop and theologian (b. 1565)
• 1651 » Henry Ireton, English-Irish general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1611)
• 1661 » Luis Méndez de Haro, Spanish general and politician (b. 1598)
• 1688 » Philippe Quinault, French playwright and composer (b. 1635)
• 1689 » Marquard Gude, German archaeologist and scholar (b. 1635)