400 Years Ago

25th of April 1626. The Battle of Dessau Bridge - Danes are defeated by Wallenstein's forces in Saxony, leading to Catholic control over much of northern Germany.

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9th of April 1626. Francis Bacon dies at the age of 65.

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Gerard van Honthorst- "Granida and Daifilo", 1625

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19th of December 1625. On the initiative of the exiled Palatine Elector Frederick V, several Protestant imperial estates conclude the Hague Alliance against the Habsburgs in The Hague with Denmark, England and the United Netherlands. (The Hague in 1625)

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13th of December 1625. Charles I made Claude, Duke of Chevreuse, a Knight in the Order of the Garter.

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8th of December 1625. Ferdinand III, aged 17, is crowned King of Hungary (to 1657).

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19th of November 1625. London: King Charles celebrates his 25th birthday.

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On August 5th, the Duke of Feria's army was halted by the Duke of Savoy, entrenched between Verrua and Crescentino on the Po River. On November 17, the Duke of Feria lifted the siege of Verrua upon hearing of the arrival of French troops. (Image is a "View of the siege of Verrua")

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16th of November 1625. Death of Sofonisba Anguissola, Italian Renaissance painter, aged 93.

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13th of November 1625. The minister of Philip IV of Spain, Olivares, presents his project of "Unión de Armas", aimed at increasing the military participation of the different States of the Spanish monarchy; the project, presented in 1626, is poorly received in the Cortes of Valencia and Aragon.

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8th of November 1625. A scheme was devised by the Duke of Buckingham to raise money by pawning the late king James's jewels at The Hague and Amsterdam, including the famous diamond hat jewel known as the Mirror of Great Britain (seen here in 1604).

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5th Nov 1625. Poland: Treaty of Kurukove. Sigismund III Vasa established new regulations limiting the number of registered Cossacks to six thousand. More than thirty to forty thousand claimed this privilege, and the surplus Cossacks were considered serfs subject to the magnates who owned the land.

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4th of November 1625. Thirty Years War: Duke Frederick of Saxe-Altenburg and General Obentraut are defeated and killed by General Tilly near Hanover. Tilly is unable to occupy Hanover and establishes himself in Bockenem.

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2nd of November 1625. The Dutch finally left San Juan, Puerto Rico, leaving behind one of their ships and over 400 dead. Nevertheless, Spain concluded that it needed to further strengthen Puerto Rico's defenses to prevent future invasions.

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1st- 7th of November, 1625. Cádiz Expedition: English forces commanded by Admiral George Villiers (which set out from Plymouth on October 8) are decisively defeated by the Spanish at Cádiz, and the expedition is abandoned. (Defense of Cádiz against the English, by Francisco de Zurbarán, 1634)

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October, 1625. Padishah Jahangir of Hindustan defeats his rebellious son Khurram

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1625. Gerard van Honthorst- "The Matchmaker".

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8th of October 1625. England: Cádiz expedition: Admiral George Villiers' fleet sails from Plymouth for Cádiz. Sir Edward Cecil was appointed commander of the expedition by Villiers.

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The Battle of San Juan was fought on 29 September 1625, and was an engagement of the Eighty Years' War. A Dutch expedition under the command of Boudewijn Hendricksz attacked the island of Puerto Rico, but despite besieging San Juan for two months, was unable to capture it from Spain.

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September or October 1625. Pierre Belain d'Esnambuc lands at Saint-Christophe (Saint Kitts) in the Antilles, after a battle with a Spanish galleon. The English and French share the island.

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19th of September 1625. Death of Eitel Friedrich von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Roman Catholic Cardinal-Priest and Prince-Bishop of Osnabrück, aged 42.

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Gian Lorenzo Bernini finished his sculpture "Apollo and Daphne" in 1625, and it was moved to Cardinal Scipione Borghese's Villa Borghese in September of that year.

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14th of September 1625. Death of Pieter Isaacsz, Danish court and portrait painter from Dutch origin who worked in a mannerist style on historical, biblical and mythological subjects.

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12th to 15th of September 1625: France: Recapture of the Isle of Ré. Anonymous 17th-century engraving.

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11th of September 1625. Death of Sir Charles Montagu of Cranbrook Hall in the parish of Barking, Essex, English politician.

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11th of September 1625. France, Huguenot rebellion: Pons de Lauzières-Thémines besieges Henri, Duke of Rohan in Le Mas-d’Azil, which resists.

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4th of September 1625. Death of Thomas Smythe, English merchant, politician and colonial administrator, aged 66-67.

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30th of August 1625. Death of Duchess Anna of Prussia and Jülich-Cleves-Berg, Electress consort of Brandenburg, aged 49.

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29th of August 1625. Burial of John Fletcher, English playwright, aged 45, who had died of the plague. In August over 40,000 were killed by bubonic plague in London; court and Parliament were temporarily moved to Oxford.

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Summer 1625: Plague in London. 41,000 victims by December out of a population of 320,000.

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19th of August 1625. East Frisia during the Thirty Years' War: After the death of Enno III, his son Rudolf Christian becomes Count of East Frisia.

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18th of August 1625. Death of Edward la Zouche, 11th Baron Zouche, English diplomat, aged 69. He is remembered chiefly for his lone vote against the condemnation of Mary, Queen of Scots, and for organising the stag hunt where his guest, the Archbishop of Canterbury, accidentally killed a man.

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