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CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE
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| A.D. | |
|---|---|
| 1566. | Suleiman the Magnificent died. |
| 1567. | Revolt of the Netherlands. |
| 1568. | Execution of Counts Egmont and Horn. |
| 1571. | Kepler born. |
| 1573. | Siege of Alkmaar. |
| 1578. | Harvey born. |
| 1583. | Sir Walter Raleigh's expedition to Virginia. |
| 1601. | Tycho Brahe died. |
| 1603. | James I King of England and Scotland. Dr. Gilbert died. |
| 1605. | Jehangir Great Mogul. |
| 1606. | Virginia Company founded. |
| 1609. | Holland independent. |
| 1618. | Thirty Years War began. |
| 1620. | Mayflower expedition founded New Plymouth. First negro slaves landed at Jamestown (Va.). |
| 1625. | Charles I of England. |
| 1626. | Sir Francis Bacon (Lord Verulam) died. |
| 1628. | Shah Jehan Great Mogul. The English Petition of Right. |
| 1629. | Charles I of England began his eleven years of rule without a parliament. |
| 1630. | Kepler died. |
| 1632. | Leeuwenhoek born. Gustavus Adolphus killed at the Battle of Lützen. |
| 1634. | Wallenstein murdered. |
| 1638. | Japan closed to Europeans (until 1865). |
| 1640. | Charles I of England summoned the Long Parliament. |
| 1641. | Massacre of the English in Ireland. |
| 1642. | Galileo died. Newton born. |
| 1643. | Louis XIV began his reign of seventy-two years. |
| 1644. | The Manchus ended the Ming dynasty. |
| 1645. | Swine pens in the inner town of Leipzig pulled down. |
| 1648. | Treaty of Westphalia. Thereby Holland and Switzerland were recognized as free republics and Prussia became important. The treaty gave a complete victory neither to the Imperial Crown nor to the Princes. War of the Fronde; it ended in the complete victory of the French crown. |