West-Europese adel » Elisabeth van Brunswijk (1602-1666)

Day of marriage June 2, 1622

• 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 1622: Source: Wikipedia
  • March 12 » Ignatius of Loyola and Francis Xavier, founders of the Society of Jesus, are canonized by the Roman Catholic Church.
  • March 22 » Jamestown massacre: Algonquians kill 347 English settlers around Jamestown, Virginia, a third of the colony's population, during the Second Anglo-Powhatan War.
  • April 22 » The Capture of Ormuz by the East India Company ends Portuguese control of Hormuz Island.
  • June 24 » Battle of Macau: The Dutch make a failed attempt to capture Macau.
  • December 18 » Portuguese forces score a military victory over the Kingdom of Kongo at the Battle of Mbumbi in present-day Angola.
  • December 22 » The town of Bucaramanga, Colombia, is founded by Andres Paes de Sotomayor.

Day of death August 6, 1666

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  Van 1650 tot 1672 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Eerste Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• In the year 1666: Source: Wikipedia
  • August 19 » Second Anglo-Dutch War: Rear Admiral Robert Holmes leads a raid on the Dutch island of Terschelling, destroying 150 merchant ships, an act later known as "Holmes's Bonfire".
  • September 2 » The Great Fire of London breaks out and burns for three days, destroying 10,000 buildings, including Old St Paul's Cathedral.
  • September 3 » The Royal Exchange burns down in the Great Fire of London.
  • September 4 » In London, England, the most destructive damage from the Great Fire occurs.
  • September 5 » Great Fire of London ends: Ten thousand buildings, including Old St Paul's Cathedral, are destroyed, but only six people are known to have died.
  • November 28 » At least 3,000 men of the Royal Scots Army led by Tam Dalyell of the Binns defeat about 900 Covenanter rebels in the Battle of Rullion Green.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1645 » Lionel Cranfield, 1st Earl of Middlesex, English merchant and politician (b. 1575)
• 1657 » Bohdan Khmelnytsky, Ukrainian soldier and politician, 1st Hetman of Zaporizhian Host (b. 1595)
• 1660 » Diego Velázquez, Spanish painter and educator (b. 1599)
• 1666 » Tjerk Hiddes de Vries, Frisian naval hero and commander (b. 1622)
• 1679 » John Snell, Scottish-English soldier and philanthropist, founded the Snell Exhibition (b. 1629)
• 1694 » Antoine Arnauld, French mathematician and philosopher (b. 1612)