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Christening day July 12, 1646

• 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 1646: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 16 » Battle of Torrington, Devon: The last major battle of the first English Civil War.

Day of marriage July 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 March 11, 1701

• Stadhouder Prins Willem III (Huis van Oranje) was from 1672 till 1702 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• In the year 1701: Source: Wikipedia
  • March 9 » Safavid troops retreat from Basra, ending a three year occupation.
  • May 23 » After being convicted of piracy and of murdering William Moore, Captain William Kidd is hanged in London.
  • July 9 » A Bourbon force under Nicolas Catinat withdraws from a smaller Habsburg force under Prince Eugene of Savoy in the Battle of Carpi.
  • July 19 » Representatives of the Iroquois Confederacy sign the Nanfan Treaty, ceding a large territory north of the Ohio River to England.
  • August 4 » Great Peace of Montreal between New France and First Nations is signed.
  • September 16 » James Francis Edward Stuart, sometimes called the "Old Pretender", becomes the Jacobite claimant to the thrones of England and Scotland.

Day of burial March 18, 1701

• Stadhouder Prins Willem III (Huis van Oranje) was from 1672 till 1702 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• In the year 1701: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 18 » Frederick I crowns himself King of Prussia in Königsberg.
  • March 9 » Safavid troops retreat from Basra, ending a three year occupation.
  • July 9 » A Bourbon force under Nicolas Catinat withdraws from a smaller Habsburg force under Prince Eugene of Savoy in the Battle of Carpi.
  • July 19 » Representatives of the Iroquois Confederacy sign the Nanfan Treaty, ceding a large territory north of the Ohio River to England.
  • July 24 » Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac founds the trading post at Fort Pontchartrain, which later becomes the city of Detroit.
  • August 4 » Great Peace of Montreal between New France and First Nations is signed.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1602 » Emilio de' Cavalieri, Italian organist and composer (b. 1550)
• 1607 » Giovanni Maria Nanino, Italian composer and educator (b. 1543)
• 1646 » Stanisław Koniecpolski, Polish soldier and statesman (b. c. 1592)
• 1665 » Clemente Tabone, Maltese landowner and militia member (b. c. 1575)
• 1722 » John Toland, Irish philosopher and theorist (b. 1670)
• 1759 » John Forbes, Scottish general (b. 1710)