A.D. 



CHRONOLOGY. 



tureen the house of Austria ind the Venetian!. 

 Dominiqutno, ob. 1641, xt. 60. 



1618. Peace concluded between Russia and Poland. 



TVa comet* appeared ; ee ASTRONOMY, p. 

 815. A horrible conspiracy at Venice detect- 

 ed. The Baltic of Ardevilie between the Per- 

 sians and Turk$. The Synod of Dort begins 

 November 1, and continues till April 26, 1619. 

 Fabri de Peiresc, ob. 1637, set. 57. 



1619. The circulation of the blood discovered by Har- 



vey, < b. 1657, zt. 80. A war of thirty years 

 begins in Germany, Aug. 26. 



1690. A maw of iron weighing 160 tolahs, fell from the 

 heavens in the Mogul territory, about 100 miles 

 south-east of Lahore. The English settle at 

 Madras. Copper money first used in England, 

 fiarbadoes discovered. The Imperialists defeat 

 the Bohemians at Prague, Oct. 30, O. S. Na- 

 varre united to France. Coining with a die 

 first used in England. Guido Rheni, ob. 16-12, 

 xt. 67. 



1621. War between Spain and Holland renewed after a 



truce of 1'2 years. Civil war with the Hugue- 

 nots, lasts 9 years. War between Turkey and 

 Poland. The Dutch establish the settlement 

 of Batavia. The factions of Whigs and Tories 

 arise. Caspar Barthius, ob. 1648, xt. 71. 



1622. Heidelberg taken by the Emperor, and the libra- 



ry sent to Rome, Sept. 16. Peter Paul Rubens, 

 ob. 1640, zt. 63. 



1623. The knights of Nova Scotia instituted. The 



English factory at Amboyna massacred by the 

 Dutch. Sir Henry Spelman, ob. 1641. 



1624. The Dutch defeat the Spanish fleet near Lima. 



Bagdad besieged by the Turks, who are repul- 

 sed. Cardinal Bentivoglio, ob. 1644, zt. 65. 



1625. A pestilence in England. King James dies at 



Theobalds, March 27, t. 59. Dissensions be- 

 tween Charles I. and the House of Commons. 

 The first English settlement in the West Indies. 

 Breda taken by the Spaniards. Peace between 

 Ferdinand of Hungary and the Sultan. John 

 Mi-ursius, ob. 1639, zt. 60. 



1626. Peace between the Huguenots and the French 



king, Feb. 5. N. S. War renewed the follow- 

 ing year. A league of the Protestant princes 

 against the Emperor. Gerard John Vossius, 

 ob. 1650, zt. 73. 



1627. A meteoric stone weighing 59 pounds, fell on 



Mount Vaiser in Provence, on the 27th Nov. 

 War between England and France. Ericius 

 Puteanus, ob. 1646, zt. 72. 



1628. A meteoric stone weighing 24 pounds, fell at 



Hatford in Berkshire, on the 9th April. Per- 

 sia invaded by the Turks. The Duke of Buck- 

 ingham murdered, Aug. 23. Louis XIII. takes 

 Rochelle, Oct. 18. O. S. Quevcdo, ob. 1647. 



1629. The English parliament dissolved by Charles I. 



March 10; nine members imprisoned, March 4. 

 Peace between Denmark and Germany. A truce 

 between Poland and Sweden for 6 years, Sept. 

 5, O. S. Gustavus Adolphus enters Germany. 

 Peace between England and France. Bahama 

 isles discovered. Inigo Jones, ob. 1651. 



1630. Gazettes first published in Venice. Treaty of 



Stockholm between England and Sweden, May 

 31. War between Germany and Spain. Poland 



A. O. 

 1631. 



1632. 



1633. 



1634. 



1635. 

 1636. 



1637. 



1638. 

 1639. 



1640. 



1641. 

 1642. 



1643. 



invaded by the Turks. Grotius, ob. 1GK5, zt. 



''-' 

 A treaty between Sweden and France, Jan. 13, 



0. S. The Swedes defeat the Imj.irialists at 

 the battle of Lcipsic, Aug. 28, O. S. The 

 vernier index first made known. Clocks and 

 watclu-s generally used. Archbiehop Usher, 

 ob. 1655, zt. 7.1. 



War between Sweden and Denmark. Battle of 

 Lutzen, Nov. 6, O. S. where Guatavus Adol- 

 phus is killed. A great eruption of Vesuvius. 

 Antigua settled by the English. Gab. Naude, 

 ob. 1653. 



Galileo condemned by the inquisition. The 

 French discovered Louisiana. Anthony Van- 

 dyck, ob. 164 1, act. 42. 



War between Poland and Prusbia. The Swedes 

 defeated by the king of Hungary, at the battle 

 of Nordlingen, Nov. 26, O. S. John Seldcn, 

 ob. 1654, zt. 70. 



The French academy established at Paris. War 

 between France and Spain. A treaty between 

 Holland and France, Feb. 8. Regular posts 

 established in Britain. Gassendi,ob. 1655, zt. 66. 



A meteoric stone fell between Sagan and Du- 

 brow in Silesia, in March 8. A treaty between 

 Louis XIII. and the queen of Sweden, March 

 10, O. S. A truce of 26 years between Swe- 

 den and Poland. The Imperialists defeated by 

 the Swedes at Wistock, Oct. 4, O. S. Renes 

 Descartes, ob. 1650, zt. 54. 



The Scots withdraw their allegiance from Charles 



1. War between the Poles and the Cossacs in the 

 Ukraine. A league against Sweden between 

 Spain and Denmark. An insurrection of the 

 Protestants in Hungary. The prince of O- 

 range takes Breda, Sept. 26, O. S. Famianua 

 Strada, ob. 1649. 



Bagdad taken by the Turks, Jan. 6. Two bat- 

 tles of Rheinfeld, Feb. 18 and 21, O. S. The 

 solemn league and covenant in Scotland. Pcta- 

 vius, ob. 1652, zt. 69. 



The French defeated at Thionville by the Impe- 

 rialists. May 27, O. S. Horrox first observed 

 a transit of Venus over the sun's disk at Liver- 

 pool, Nov. 24, O. S. 3" 15' P. M. Voiture, 

 ob. 1648. 



England invaded by the Scots, Aug. 20, O.S, and 

 take Newcastle. A conference between the Eng- 

 lish and Scots commissioners at Rippon, Oct. 2. 

 The independence of Portugal recovered. The 

 long parliament in England met, Nov. 5. Bal- 

 zac, ob. 1654. 



Earl of Strafford beheaded, May 12. The mas- 

 sacre of the Protestants in Ireland, Oct. 23. 

 Chillingworth, ob. 1644, zt. 42. 



A meteoric stone weighing 4 pounds, fell near 

 Woodbridge in Suffolk, on the -hh of August. 

 Peace between the Turks and the Imperialists. 

 The Swedes defeat the Imperialists at Leipsic* 

 Oct. 3, O. S. King Charles demands the five 

 members, and the civil war begins. His army 

 defeated at Edgehill, Oct. 23. The French de- 

 feated by the Imperialists at Tutelingen, Nov. 

 15. O. S. Salmasius, ob. 1653. 



Bristol surrenders to prince Rupert, July 26. The 

 siege of Gloucester raised Sept. 5. Charles dc- 



