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Events
March 18
- Sissinios formally crowned Emperor of
Ethiopia
July 3
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Quebec City
founded by
Samuel de Champlain
.
August 24
- The first official English representative to
India
lands at
Surat
.
October 2
- Dutch lensmaker
Hans Lippershey
demonstrates the first
telescope
in the Dutch parliament
Swedish troops enter Moscow
First
cheques
come to use in
Netherlands
Jesuits
take over in
Paraguay
Births
July 13
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Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor
December 9
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John Milton
, English poet (d.
1674
)
Deaths
December
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John Dee
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