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3 giorni fa · Christiaan Huygens, Lord of Zeelhem, FRS (/ ˈ h aɪ ɡ ən z / HY-gənz, US: / ˈ h ɔɪ ɡ ən z / HOY-gənz, Dutch: [ˈkrɪstijaːn ˈɦœyɣə(n)s] ⓘ; also spelled Huyghens; Latin: Hugenius; 14 April 1629 – 8 July 1695) was a Dutch mathematician, physicist, engineer, astronomer, and inventor who is regarded as a key figure in ...
- 8 July 1695 (aged 66), The Hague, Dutch Republic
5 giorni fa · The Thirty Years' War [j] was one of the longest and most destructive conflicts in European history, lasting from 1618 to 1648. Fought primarily in Central Europe, an estimated 4.5 to 8 million soldiers and civilians died as a result of battle, famine, or disease, while parts of present-day Germany reported population declines of ...
- Peace of Westphalia
5 giorni fa · In 1629 the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge successfully managed to assert separate and prior royal licences for Bible printing, for their own university presses—and Cambridge University took the opportunity to print revised editions of the Authorized Version in 1629, and 1638.
3 apr 2024 · Juan José de Austria (born April 7, 1629, Madrid, Spain—died September 17, 1679, Madrid) was the most famous of the illegitimate children of King Philip IV of Spain. He served with some success as a Spanish military commander and from 1677 until his death was chief minister to King Charles II.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
5 apr 2024 · Sir Edwin Sandys (born Dec. 9, 1561, Worcestershire, Eng.—died October 1629, Kent) was a leading Parliamentary opponent of King James I of England and a founder of the colony of Virginia. His activities in Parliament prepared the way for the Parliamentarian movement that eventually deposed and executed James’s successor, Charles I.
7 apr 2024 · Sir John Eliot (born April 11, 1592, St. Germans, Cornwall, Eng.—died Nov. 28, 1632, London) was an English Puritan and Parliamentarian who, with his brilliant oratory, played a leading role in the early conflicts between King Charles I and Parliament.
5 giorni fa · A fragile peace did not last, and in 1629 the Most Serene Republic returned to war with Spain and the Holy Roman Empire in the War of the Mantuan succession. During the brief war a Venetian army led by provveditore Zaccaria Sagredo and reinforced by French allies was disastrously routed by Imperial forces at the battle of Villabuona ...
