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Events
January 20
- Tidal wave swept along the
Bristol Channel
, killing 2000 people. (Possibly
tsunami
)
April 25
-
Battle of Gibraltar
Dutch fleet destroys anchored Spanish fleet
April 26
-
English
colonists make landfall at
Cape Henry
,
Virginia
, later moving up the
James River
to found
Jamestown
, the first permanent English settlement in
North America
.
Spain is effectively
bankrupt
.
The British
national anthem
,
God Save the King
, is first sung.
Rule of
Andorra
is passed jointly to the king of
France
and the
Bishop of Urgell
.
June 8
- Newton Rebellion: 40-50 peasants killed by landowners Tresham family during protests against enclosure of common land in Newton, Northamptonshire,UK - culmination of Midlands Revolt.
Births
March 12
-
Paul Gerhardt
,
hymnist
(d.
1676
)
March 24
-
Michiel Adriaenszoon de Ruyter
, Dutch Admrial (d.
1676
)
November 26
-
John Harvard
, cleric (d.
1638
)
Deaths
October 31
-
Caesar Baronius
,
Italian
cardinal
and ecclesiastical
historian
(b.
1538
)
Domenico Fontana
, Italian architect (b.
1543
)
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Last updated: 01-04-2007 01:18:57
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