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Christening day June 17, 1621

• 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 1621: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 9 » Gregory XV becomes Pope, the last Pope elected by acclamation.
  • February 17 » Myles Standish is appointed as first military commander of the English Plymouth Colony in North America.
  • March 16 » Samoset, a Mohegan, visited the settlers of Plymouth Colony and greets them, "Welcome, Englishmen! My name is Samoset."
  • March 22 » The Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony sign a peace treaty with Massasoit of the Wampanoags.
  • May 24 » The Protestant Union is formally dissolved.
  • June 21 » Execution of 27 Czech noblemen on the Old Town Square in Prague as a consequence of the Battle of White Mountain.

Day of marriage May 28, 1650

• Stadhouder Prins Willem II (Huis van Oranje) was from 1647 till 1650 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
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  Van 1650 tot 1672 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Eerste Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• In the year 1650: Source: Wikipedia
  • April 27 » The Battle of Carbisdale: A Royalist army from Orkney invades mainland Scotland but is defeated by a Covenanter army.
  • August 13 » Colonel George Monck of the English Army forms Monck's Regiment of Foot, which will later become the Coldstream Guards.
  • September 3 » Third English Civil War: In the Battle of Dunbar, English Parliamentarian forces led by Oliver Cromwell defeat an army loyal to King Charles I of England and led by David Leslie, Lord Newark.
  • December 14 » Anne Greene is hanged at Oxford Castle in England for infanticide, having concealed an illegitimate stillbirth. The following day she revives in the dissection room and, being pardoned, lives until 1659.

Day of death January 8, 1687

• 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 1687: Source: Wikipedia
  • March 19 » Explorer Robert Cavelier de La Salle, searching for the mouth of the Mississippi River, is murdered by his own men.
  • July 5 » Isaac Newton publishes Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica.
  • August 12 » Battle of Mohács: Charles of Lorraine defeats the Ottoman Empire.
  • September 26 » Morean War: The Parthenon in Athens, used as a gunpowder depot by the Ottoman garrison, is partially destroyed after being bombarded during the Siege of the Acropolis by Venetian forces.
  • December 31 » The first Huguenots set sail from France to the Cape of Good Hope.

Day of burial January 9, 1687

• 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 1687: Source: Wikipedia
  • March 19 » Explorer Robert Cavelier de La Salle, searching for the mouth of the Mississippi River, is murdered by his own men.
  • July 5 » Isaac Newton publishes Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica.
  • August 12 » Battle of Mohács: Charles of Lorraine defeats the Ottoman Empire.
  • September 26 » Morean War: The Parthenon in Athens, used as a gunpowder depot by the Ottoman garrison, is partially destroyed after being bombarded during the Siege of the Acropolis by Venetian forces.
  • December 31 » The first Huguenots set sail from France to the Cape of Good Hope.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1598 » John George, Elector of Brandenburg (b. 1525)
• 1642 » Galileo Galilei, Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher (b. 1564)
• 1664 » Moses Amyraut, French physician and theologian (b. 1596)
• 1707 » John Dalrymple, 1st Earl of Stair, Scottish soldier and politician, Scottish Secretary of State (b. 1648)
• 1713 » Arcangelo Corelli, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1653)
• 1775 » John Baskerville, English printer and type designer (b. 1706)