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Birthday March 26, 1633

  • 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 1633: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 13 » Galileo Galilei arrives in Rome for his trial before the Inquisition.
    • March 1 » Samuel de Champlain reclaims his role as commander of New France on behalf of Cardinal Richelieu.
    • June 18 » Charles I is crowned King of Scots at St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh.
    • June 22 » The Holy Office in Rome forces Galileo Galilei to recant his view that the Sun, not the Earth, is the center of the Universe in the form he presented it in, after heated controversy.
    • October 22 » The Ming dynasty defeats the Dutch East India Company.

Day of death March 26, 1676

  • 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 1676: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 17 » Sixteen men of Pascual de Iriate's expedition are lost at Evangelistas Islets at the western end of the Strait of Magellan.
    • June 1 » Battle of Öland: allied Danish-Dutch forces defeat the Swedish navy in the Baltic Sea, during the Scanian War (1675–79).
    • July 30 » Nathaniel Bacon issues the "Declaration of the People of Virginia", beginning Bacon's Rebellion against the rule of Governor William Berkeley.
    • August 12 » Praying Indian John Alderman shoots and kills Metacomet, the Wampanoag war chief, ending King Philip's War.
    • November 21 » The Danish astronomer Ole Rømer presents the first quantitative measurements of the speed of light.
    • December 4 » The Danish army under the command of King Christian V engages the Swedish army commanded by the Swedish king Charles XI at the Battle of Lund, to this day it is counted as the bloodiest battle in Scandinavian history and a turning point in the Scanian War.


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