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| 1 | 1613 |
- 21 Feb 1613—15 Mar 1917: The Romanov Dynasty, the last imperial dynasty to rule Russia, begins when 16 year old Mikhail Romanov is elected as Czar.Russiapedia Hillwood
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| 2 | 1618 |
- 23 May 1618—24 Oct 1648: The Thirty Years War, a series of wars fought by European nations for various reasons, is initiated when the Holy Roman Emperor attempts to force Catholicism on most of Europe, and ends with the Peace of Westphalia.OSU CT
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| 3 | 1625 |
- 27 Mar 1625—30 Jan 1649: Charles I. Ruler of England 1625-1649. House of Stuart: Only surviving son of James I; beheaded Jan 30, 1649.HistoricUK
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| 4 | 1642 |
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| 5 | 1643 |
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| 6 | 1647 |
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| 7 | 1648 |
- 15 Jun 1648: Margaret Jones, a midwife from Charlestown, is the first person to be executed for witchcraft in the Massachusetts Bay Colony.HoMA LoA
- 18 Oct 1648: The "Shoomakers of Boston" along with the coopers, form the first labor organization in America.jstor IA
- 24 Oct 1648: The Thirty Years War ends with the signing of the Treaty of Westphalia.LoC Avalon
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| 8 | 1649 |
- 30 Jan 1649—3 Sep 1658: Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector. Ruler of England 1649-1658. Commonwealth & Protectorate.HistoricUK
- 30 Jan 1649: Charles I is beheaded.HRP RMG
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| 9 | 1650 |
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| 10 | 1652 |
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| 11 | 1654 |
- 26 Jan 1654: Portugal decrees that Jewish and Dutch settlers have three months to leave Brazil. Many of the refugees go on to establish the first Jewish community in Nieuw-Amsterdam.LoC JVL
- 22 Aug 1654: The first Jews in North America arrive in Nieuw-Amsterdam.AJA Haaretz
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| 12 | 1656 |
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| 13 | 1658 |
- 1658: The first Jewish congregation is established in Newport, Rhode Island.Touro NPS
- 3 Sep 1658—25 May 1659: Richard Cromwell, Lord Protector. Ruler of England 1658-1659. Commonwealth & Proctorate: 3rd son of Oliver. Resigned May 25, 1659.HistoricUK
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| 14 | 1660 |
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| 15 | 1663 |
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| 16 | 1664 |
- 27 Aug 1664: Four English warships arrive in Nieuw-Amsterdam to claim the colony under the orders of James, Duke of York.13 WDL
- 31 Aug 1664: Peter Stuyvesant, governor of Nieuw-Nederland, refuses to accept the terms of surrender to the British.SotS
- 8 Sep 1664: The Dutch surrender Nieuw-Amsterdam to the British who change the name to New York.LoC NYC
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| 17 | 1665 |
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| 18 | 1666 |
- 2 Sep 1666—5 Sep 1666: The Great Fire of London breaks out in the house of King Charles II's baker on Pudding Lane near London Bridge.DD Smith
- 14 Nov 1666: English diarist Samuel Pepys records the first description of a blood transfusion, dog-to-dog.W I R E D
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| 19 | 1673/4 |
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| 20 | 1673 |
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| 21 | 1674 |
- 19 Feb 1674: The signing of the Treaty of Westminster ends the Third Anglo-Dutch War.OUPLaw MW
- 10 Nov 1674: The Dutch cede New York City to the British for the final time with the end of the Third Anglo-Dutch War.GoogleBooks NYCourts
- 4 Dec 1674: Father Jacques Marquette sets up camp on the shores of Lake Michigan at what would later become the city of Chicago, Illinois.EC SNU
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| 22 | 1675 |
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Abt 1642 - 1675 (~ 33 years)