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Day of marriage April 24, 1659

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  Van 1650 tot 1672 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Eerste Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• In the year 1659: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 11 » The assault on Copenhagen by Swedish forces is beaten back with heavy losses.
  • May 6 » English Restoration: A faction of the British Army removes Richard Cromwell as Lord Protector of the Commonwealth and reinstalls the Rump Parliament.
  • May 21 » In the Concert of The Hague, the Dutch Republic, the Commonwealth of England and the Kingdom of France set out their views on how the Second Northern War should end.
  • May 25 » Richard Cromwell resigns as Lord Protector of England following the restoration of the Long Parliament, beginning a second brief period of the republican government called the Commonwealth of England.
  • June 29 » At the Battle of Konotop the Ukrainian armies of Ivan Vyhovsky defeat the Russians led by Prince Trubetskoy.
  • November 10 » Chattrapati Shivaji Maharaj, Maratha King kills Afzal Khan, Adilshahi in the battle popularly known as Battle of Pratapgarh.

Day of death March 21, 1710

• The temperature on March 21, 1710 was about 11.0 °C. Source: KNMI
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  Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• In the year 1710: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 28 » Battle of Helsingborg: 14,000 Danish invaders under Jørgen Rantzau are decisively defeated by an equally sized Swedish force under Magnus Stenbock. This is the last time Swedish and Danish troops meet on Swedish soil.
  • April 5 » The Statute of Anne receives the royal assent establishing the Copyright law of the United Kingdom.
  • April 10 » The Statute of Anne, the first law regulating copyright, comes into force in Great Britain.
  • August 20 » War of the Spanish Succession: A multinational army led by the Austrian commander Guido Starhemberg defeats the Spanish-Bourbon army commanded by Alexandre Maître, Marquis de Bay in the Battle of Saragossa.
  • October 13 » Port Royal, the capital of French Acadia, falls in a siege by British forces.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1676 » Henri Sauval, French historian and author (b. 1623)
• 1729 » Elżbieta Sieniawska, politically influential Polish magnate (b. 1669)
• 1729 » John Law, Scottish-French economist and politician, Controller-General of Finances (b. 1671)
• 1734 » Robert Wodrow, Scottish historian and author (b. 1679)
• 1751 » Johann Heinrich Zedler, German publisher (b. 1706)
• 1752 » Gio Nicola Buhagiar, Maltese painter (b. 1698)