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1 595 Shakefpeare flourifhed about this time. 
1596 Cadiz taken by the Englifh, June 21. Annibal Ca- 
racci flourifhed about this time. 
3 597 Cervantes flourifhed at this time. 
1598 The edift of Nantes in April. The peace of Ver- 
vins, June 10. Prefldent de Thou flouriflied. 
1600 The battle of Newport, July a. William Camden. 
1601 Of the Julian period 6314. 
1601 The fiege of Oftend begins, June 25. Lord-chan¬ 
cellor Bacon lived at this time. 
1603 Queen Elizabeth died March 24., aged 70. England 
and Scotland united in James I. 
1604. Oftend taken by the Spaniards, after a fiege of above 
three years, September jo. Malherbe flouriflied. 
1605 The famous difpute between the pope and the Ve¬ 
netians. The gunpowder plot, November 5. 
1607 Chancellor Brulart de Sillery. Boccalini lived. 
1608 Galileo difcovers the fatellites about the planets by 
the telefcopes, then jult invented in Holland by 
Metius. 
1609 The treaty of twelve years between the Spaniards 
and the Dutch, April 4. Prefldent Jeannin. Hel- 
vicus lived at this time. 
1610 Nine hundred thoufand Moors expelled Spain in 
March. Henry IV. murdered by Ravaillac, on Fri¬ 
day, May 4, about four o’clock P. M. Duke of 
Lerma, Spanifh minifter. Andrew du Chefne; died 
1640. 
1611 Concini, marfhal d’Ancre, French minifter. Lopez 
de Vega flouriflied at this time. 
1612 Carr, earl of Somerfet, Englifli minifter. Benjonfon. 
1613 Barneveldt, penfionary of Holland ; died 1619, aged 
feventy-two. John Kepler lived at this time. 
1614 Napier invents the logarithms; died 1617, aged 67. 
Marquis de Spinola. 
3615 John Barclay flourifhed about this time. 
1616 A fhort civil war in France. King James reftores 
Flufhing, the Brille, &c. to the Dutch, in May. Sir 
Robert Cotton lived at this time. 
3618 The Synod of Dort begins, November 1, and con¬ 
tinues till April 26, 1619. Count Mansfield; died 
1626. Fabri de Pierefc lived at this time. 
3619 Harvey difcovers the circulation of the blood. The 
thirty years war in Germany begins Auguft 26. 
3620 The battle of Prague, by which the elector palatine 
loft his electorate, October 29. Guido Rherii. 
1621 The civil war with the Hugenots begins in France, 
and lalts nine years. Henry duke de Rohan; died 
3638, aged fixty-one. Gafpar Barthius5 died 1658, 
aged feventy-one. 
3622 Heidelberg taken by the emperor, and their famous 
library lent, to Rome, September 16. G. Villiers 
duke of Buckingham, Englifh minifter, died 1628, 
aged 36. Peter Paul Rubens; died 1640, aged 63. 
3623 Sir Henry Spelman; died 1641. 
3624 D.uke d’Olivarez, Spanifh minifter. Cardinal Benti- 
voglio; died 1644, aged 65. 
3625 King James died at Theobalds, March 27, aged 59. 
John Meurfius; died 1639, aged 60. 
3626 The league of the Swedes, Dutch, and proteftant 
princes of Germany, againft the emperor. Cardinal 
Richelieu, French minifter. Gerrard John Vofiius; 
died 1650, aged feventy-three. 
3628 Duke of Buckingham murdered, Auguft 23. Ro¬ 
chelle taken by Louis XIII. Oflober 18. Count 
Tilly; died 1632. Quevedo; died 1647. 
3629 Nine members are imprifoned, March 4, for their 
fpeeches in the houfe of commons. Inigo Jones; 
died 1651. 
3630 Grotius; died 1645, aged fixty-two. 
3631 The battle of Leipfic, Auguft 28. Died chancellor 
Oxenftiern, Swedi’lh minifter. Archbilhop Ufher; 
died 1655, aged feventy-five. 
*632 The battle of Lutzen, in which Guftavus Adolphus 
[After Christ, 
is killed, November 6 . Wefton earl of Portland, 
Englilh minifter. 
1633 Lord keeper Coventry. Antony Vandyke; died 
1641, aged forty-two. 
1634 Battle of Nortlinghen, where the Swedes were de- 
defeated, November 26. Duke of Weimar. John 
Selden ; died 1654, aged feventy. 
1635 Gafiendi, and Defcartes, flouriflied at this time. 
1637 Mr. Hampden’s trial for the fhip-money. John Pym. 
1638 The two battles of Rheinfeldt upon the 18th and 
21ft of February. Archbilhop Laud. 
1639 Earl of Strafford, Englifli minifter. Voiture, French 
poet, lived at this time. 
1640 The Scots army enters England, Auguft 20, and 
takes Newcaftle the 27th. The parliament meets 
November 3. Portugal again becomes a feparate 
kindom under the duke of Braganza, John IV. 
1641 Marquis of Montrofe. Cliillingworth flourifhed 
about this time. 
1642 King Charles demands the five members, January 4, 
which begins the civil war. Battle of Edgehill on 
Sunday, Ottober 3. Lord Falkland. Salmatius. 
1643 Briftol furrenders to prince Rupert, July 26. The 
fiege of Gloucefter raifed September 5. The firffc 
1 battle of Newbury, September 20. Nicholas Pouf- 
fin; died 1356, aged fixty-two. 
1644 The battle of Marfton Moor, July 2. Earl of Ef- 
fex’s army furrenders in Cornwall, September 2. 
The fecond battle of Newbury, October 27. Cardi¬ 
nal Mazarine, French minifter. Mothe le Vayer. 
1645 The battle of Nafeby, June 14. Don Lewis de Ha¬ 
ro, Spanifh minifter. Duke de Rochefoucald 
1646 Prince of Conde. Paul Scarron flourifhed. 
1647 Cardinal de Retz. Henry Hammond flourifhed. 
1648 The peace of. Weftphalia. The battle of Lens, 
Auguft 16 ; and, foon after, the civil war of. Fron- 
deurs at Paris begins. Ann of Auftria regent of 
France. Thomas Hobbes lived at this time. 
1649 King Charles I. beheaded, January 30, aged 49, In¬ 
terregnum for twelve years. Samuel Bochart. 
1650 Battle of Dunbar, September 3. Mezeray lived. 
1651 The battle of Worcefter, September 3. Archibald 
marquis of Argyle. Dr. John Wallis flouriflied. 
1652 The rirft war between the Englifh and Dutch begins 
May 19, in which there were f'even different engage¬ 
ments at fea. Chancellor Seguier. J. Fred. Gro- 
novious flouriflied at this time. 
1653 Oliver Cromwell made protestor. Blaife Pafcal. 
1654 Peace between the Englifh and Dutch, figned April 
5. Admiral Blake. John Milton flouriflied. 
1655 The Englifh, under admiral Penn, take poffeffion of 
Jamaica, May 7. Thomas Bartholin flouriflied, 
1656 Henry vicomte Turenne and marfhal; died 1675, 
aged 64. Edmund Waller lived at this time. 
1657 Peter Corneille flourifhed about this time. 
1658 The battle of Dunkirk, June 4, and that city, de¬ 
livered to the Englifli, June 17. Admiral de Ruyter. 
J. B. Poquelin Moliere lived at this time. 
1659 The peace of the Pyrenees, figned October 28. Du 
Cange flouriflied about this time. 
1660 The reftoration of Charles II. May 29. Peace of 
Oliva, May 3. The government in Denmark made 
abfolute, October 18. General Monk, duke of Al¬ 
bemarle; died 1670, aged 62. Algernon Sidney. 
1662 The royal fociety is eftablifhed, July 15. Dunkirk 
reftored to the French, November 7. James duke 
of Ormond. Samuel Butler lived at this time. 
1663 Hen. Finch earl of Nottingham. Charles le Brun. 
1664 The battle of St. Godart, July 22. The treaty of 
Temefwar, September 7. The fecond Dutch war 
begins in November. Admiral Van Tromp. Louis 
Maimbourg lived at this time. 
1665 The Dutch defeated off Harwich, June 3. The bat¬ 
tle of Villa Viciofa, June 7. The plague rages in. 
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