Explore 130 historical events from 1650–1659.
General John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, 1st Prince of Mindelheim, 1st Count of Nellenburg, Prince of the Holy Roman Empire was a British army officer and statesman. From a…
John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire (died 1722)
Vincenzo Maria Coronelli was an Italian Franciscan friar, cosmographer, cartographer, publisher, and encyclopedist known in particular for his atlases and globes. He is considered …
Vincenzo Coronelli, Italian monk, cosmographer, and cartographer (died 1718)
Sir Simonds d'Ewes, 1st Baronet was an English antiquary and politician. He was bred for the bar, was a member of the Long Parliament and left notes on its transactions. D'Ewes t…
Simonds d'Ewes, English lawyer and politician (born 1602)
Yagyū Jūbē Mitsuyoshi was one of the most famous and romanticized of the samurai in Japan's feudal era.
Yagyū Jūbei Mitsuyoshi, Japanese samurai (born 1607)
James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose was a Scottish nobleman, poet, soldier and later viceroy and captain general of Scotland. Montrose initially joined the Covenanters in the Wa…
James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose, Scottish general and politician (born 1612)
Christoph Scheiner was a Jesuit priest, physicist and astronomer in Ingolstadt.
Christoph Scheiner, German priest, physicist, and astronomer (born 1575)
Matthäus Merian der Ältere was a Swiss-born engraver who worked in Frankfurt, Germany for most of his career, where he also ran a publishing house. He was a member of the patrician…
Matthäus Merian, Swiss-German engraver and publisher (born 1593)
Robert Levinz, Levens or Levinge was an English Royalist during the English Civil War.
Robert Levinz, English Royalist, hanged in London by Parliamentary forces as a spy (born 1615)
The Wars of the Three Kingdoms is the collective term for a series of conflicts fought between 1639 and 1653 in England, Scotland and Ireland, then separate entities in a personal …
Wars of the Three Kingdoms: Covenanter forces defeated the Royalists at the Battle of Carbisdale near the village of Cul
George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle was a professional soldier from Devon who fought on both sides during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. A prominent military figure under the Comm…
General George Monck founded the predecessor to the Coldstream Guards, the oldest regular regiment of the British Army…