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Christening day January 17, 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.
  • March 18 » The Third Anglo-Powhatan War begins in the Colony of Virginia.
  • May 28 » English Civil War: Bolton Massacre by Royalist troops under the command of James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby.
  • June 5 » The Qing dynasty Manchu forces led by the Shunzhi Emperor take Beijing during the collapse of the Ming dynasty.
  • September 1 » Battle of Tippermuir: James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose defeats the Earl of Wemyss's Covenanters, reviving the Royalist cause.
  • November 23 » John Milton publishes Areopagitica, a pamphlet decrying censorship.

Day of marriage May 3, 1667

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  Van 1650 tot 1672 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Eerste Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• In the year 1667: Source: Wikipedia
  • April 27 » Blind and impoverished, John Milton sells Paradise Lost to a printer for £10, so that it could be entered into the Stationers' Register.
  • May 24 » The French Royal Army crosses the border into the Spanish Netherlands, starting the War of Devolution opposing France to the Spanish Empire and the Triple Alliance.
  • June 9 » Second Anglo-Dutch War: The Raid on the Medway by the Dutch fleet begins. It lasts for five days and results in the worst ever defeat of the Royal Navy.
  • June 14 » The Raid on the Medway by the Dutch fleet in the Second Anglo-Dutch War ends. It had lasted for five days and resulted in the worst ever defeat of the Royal Navy.
  • June 15 » The first human blood transfusion is administered by Dr. Jean-Baptiste Denys.
  • November 25 » A deadly earthquake rocks Shemakha in the Caucasus, killing 80,000 people.

Day of death June 14, 1707

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  Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• In the year 1707: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 16 » The Scottish Parliament ratifies the Act of Union, paving the way for the creation of Great Britain.
  • May 1 » The Act of Union joining England and Scotland to form the Kingdom of Great Britain takes effect.
  • August 20 » The first Siege of Pensacola comes to an end with the failure of the British to capture Pensacola, Florida.
  • October 22 » Four British naval vessels run aground on the Isles of Scilly because of faulty navigation. In response, the first Longitude Act is enacted in 1714.
  • October 28 » The 1707 Hōei earthquake causes more than 5,000 deaths in Japan.
  • November 30 » The second Siege of Pensacola comes to end with the failure of the British to capture Pensacola, Florida.

Day of burial June 15, 1707

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  Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• In the year 1707: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 1 » John V is proclaimed King of Portugal and the Algarves in Lisbon.
  • January 16 » The Scottish Parliament ratifies the Act of Union, paving the way for the creation of Great Britain.
  • April 25 » A coalition of Britain, the Netherlands and Portugal is defeated by a Franco-Spanish army at Almansa (Spain) in the War of the Spanish Succession.
  • August 20 » The first Siege of Pensacola comes to an end with the failure of the British to capture Pensacola, Florida.
  • October 22 » Four British naval vessels run aground on the Isles of Scilly because of faulty navigation. In response, the first Longitude Act is enacted in 1714.
  • October 28 » The 1707 Hōei earthquake causes more than 5,000 deaths in Japan.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1662 » Henry Vane the Younger, English-American politician, Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (b. 1613)
• 1674 » Marin le Roy de Gomberville, French author and poet (b. 1600)
• 1679 » Guillaume Courtois, French painter and illustrator (b. 1628)
• 1746 » Colin Maclaurin, Scottish mathematician (b. 1698)
• 1794 » Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford, English courtier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1718)
• 1800 » Louis Desaix, French general (b. 1768)