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Christening day February 20, 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.
  • November 10 » Chattrapati Shivaji Maharaj, Maratha King kills Afzal Khan, Adilshahi in the battle popularly known as Battle of Pratapgarh.
  • December 28 » The Marathas defeat the Adilshahi forces in the Battle of Kolhapur.

Day of marriage July 23, 1699

• 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 1699: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 26 » For the first time, the Ottoman Empire permanently cedes territory to the Christian powers.
  • February 16 » First Leopoldine Diploma is issued by the Holy Roman Emperor, recognizing the Greek Catholic clergy enjoyed the same privileges as Roman Catholic priests in the Principality of Transylvania.
  • March 30 » Guru Gobind Singh establishes the Khalsa in Anandpur Sahib, Punjab.
  • April 14 » Khalsa: The Sikh religion was formalised as the Khalsa - the brotherhood of Warrior-Saints - by Guru Gobind Singh in northern India, in accordance with the Nanakshahi calendar.

Day of death March 26, 1703

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  Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• In the year 1703: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 30 » The Forty-seven rōnin, under the command of Ōishi Kuranosuke, avenge the death of their master, by killing Kira Yoshinaka.
  • February 4 » In Edo (now Tokyo), all but one of the Forty-seven Ronin commit seppuku (ritual suicide) as recompense for avenging their master's death.
  • May 21 » Daniel Defoe is imprisoned on charges of seditious libel.
  • May 27 » Tsar Peter the Great founds the city of Saint Petersburg.
  • July 26 » During the Bavarian Rummel the rural population of Tyrol drove the Bavarian Prince-Elector Maximilian II Emanuel out of North Tyrol with a victory at the Pontlatzer Bridge and thus prevented the Bavarian Army, which was allied with France, from marching as planned on Vienna during the War of the Spanish Succession.
  • July 31 » Daniel Defoe is placed in a pillory for the crime of seditious libel after publishing a politically satirical pamphlet, but is pelted with flowers.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1649 » John Winthrop, English lawyer and politician, 2nd Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony
• 1679 » Johannes Schefferus, Swedish historian and author (b. 1621)
• 1697 » Godfrey McCulloch, Scottish politician (b. 1640)
• 1726 » John Vanbrugh, English playwright and architect, designed Blenheim Palace and Castle Howard (b. 1664)
• 1772 » Charles Pinot Duclos, French author and politician (b. 1704)
• 1776 » Samuel Ward, American jurist and politician, 31st Governor of the Colony of Rhode Island (b. 1725)