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Eighty Years' War: Dutch Republic forces recapture a strategically important fort from Spain after a nine-month siege
Thirty Years' War: The Peace of Prague is signed
Eighty Years' War: The Spanish capture the strategic Dutch fortress of Schenkenschans.
Eighty Years' War: The Siege of Schenkenschans begins; Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, begins the recapture of the…
The Plymouth Company granted a land patent to Thomas Purchase, the first settler of Pejepscot, Maine, settling at the si
The city of Magdeburg in Germany is seized by forces of the Holy Roman Empire and most of its inhabitants massacred, in
The Sack of Baltimore: The Irish village of Baltimore is attacked by Barbary slave traders
The Sack of Baltimore: The Irish village of Baltimore is attacked by Barbary slave traders
Thirty Years' War: Four thousand Swedish troops under Gustavus Adolphus land in Pomerania, Germany.
Portuguese forces are defeated by the Kingdom of Kandy at the Battle of Randeniwela in Sri Lanka.
Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II and Danish King Christian IV sign the Treaty of Lübeck ending Danish intervention in the
Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II and Danish King Christian IV sign the Treaty of Lübeck ending Danish intervention in the
The Petition of Right, a major English constitutional document, is granted royal assent by Charles I and becomes law
The Swedish warship Vasa sinks on her maiden voyage off Stockholm.
A combined Spanish and Portuguese fleet of 52 ships commences the recapture of Bahia from the Dutch during the Dutch–Por
Signing of the Treaty of Compiègne between France and the Netherlands
Signing of the Treaty of Compiègne between France and the Netherlands
The French king Louis XIII appoints Cardinal Richelieu as prime minister.
The Battle of Höchst takes place during the Thirty Years' War
Battle of Macau: The Dutch make a failed attempt to capture Macau