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Day of death December 21, 1643

• 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 1643: Source: Wikipedia
  • May 14 » Four-year-old Louis XIV becomes King of France upon the death of his father, Louis XIII.
  • May 19 » Thirty Years' War: French forces under the duc d'Enghien decisively defeat Spanish forces at the Battle of Rocroi, marking the symbolic end of Spain as a dominant land power.
  • July 1 » First meeting of the Westminster Assembly, a council of theologians ("divines") and members of the Parliament of England appointed to restructure the Church of England, at Westminster Abbey in London.
  • July 13 » English Civil War: Battle of Roundway Down: In England, Henry Wilmot, 1st Earl of Rochester, commanding the Royalist forces, heavily defeats the Parliamentarian forces led by Sir William Waller.
  • August 24 » A Dutch fleet establishes a new colony in the ruins of Valdivia in southern Chile.
  • December 13 » English Civil War: The Battle of Alton takes place in Hampshire.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1597 » Peter Canisius, Dutch priest and saint (b. 1521)
• 1608 » William Davison, secretary to Queen Elizabeth I of England (b. c. 1541)
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