Date | Event |
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Feb 22 |
Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems is published. |
Mar 29 |
Treaty of Saint-Germain is signed, returning Quebec to French control after the English had seized it in 1629. |
Apr 15 |
Battle of Rain; Swedes under Gustavus Adolphus defeat Count Tilly of the Holy Roman Empire during the Thirty Years' War. |
Apr 16 |
Albrecht von Wallenstein appointed supreme commander |
May 25 |
Albrecht von Wallenstein recaptures Prague on Saksen |
Jun 4 |
Prince Frederik Henry conquerors Venlo |
Jun 5 |
Prince Frederik Henry conquerors Roermond |
Jun 8 |
Prince Frederik Henry conquerors Sittard |
Jun 20 |
Britain grants 2nd Lord Baltimore rights to Chesapeake Bay area |
Jul 22 |
Foundation laid in Madrid for Buen Retiro-palace for king Philip IV |
Jul 23 |
Three hundred colonists bound for New France depart from Dieppe, France. |
Aug 22 |
Prince Frederik Hendrik occupies Maastricht |
Aug 28 |
Henry Casimir I appointed viceroy of Drenthe |
Sep 1 |
Battle at Castelnaudary: Henri de Montmorency's rebellion army loses |
Sep 3 |
Battle of Nuremberg: Duke Wallenstein beats Sweden |
Oct 1 |
Battle at Castelnaudary: Duke Henri de Montmorency's rebel army loses |
Oct 5 |
Henry Casimir I appointed viceroy of Groningen |
Nov 6 |
Battle at Lutzen: Swedish/Saxon army beats imperial armies |
Nov 16 |
Battle at Lutzen: Sweden beats imperial armies under Von Wallenstein |
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