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Thirty Years' War: The Swedish Army defeats the armies of Saxony and the Holy Roman Empire at the Battle of Wittstock.
The Massachusetts Bay Colony votes to establish a theological college, which would later become Harvard University.
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…
Thirty Years' War: In the Battle of Nördlingen, the Catholic Imperial army defeats Swedish and German Protestant forces.
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
Sweden wins a major victory at the Battle of Breitenfeld against the Holy Roman Empire during the Thirty Years' War.
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.
A parliamentarian army defeats a royalist army under James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby, in the battle of Wigan Lane…
A parliamentarian army defeats a royalist army under James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby, in the battle of Wigan Lane…
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.
French Wars of Religion: The Siege of La Rochelle ends with the surrender of the Huguenots after fourteen months.