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A collection of world events between 1492 and 1859, focusing on the 17th and 18th centuries. Please refer to the Guide for more info, tips and Search examples...

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EU	Sc	Rn	1535	Oct	04	The Coverdale Bible, the first full English translation, is printed in Switzerland
GB	Sc	Md	1539	Oct	04	English King Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves sign a marriage treaty
EU	Sc	Rn	1571	Oct	04	Synod of Emden
EU	Sc	Gv	1582	Oct	04	Last Julian calender day in Spain/Portugal/pontifical states
EU	Cf	Ty	1636	Oct	04	Battle of Wittstock, Brandenburg: Sweden beat Ferdinand III
NA	Sc	Lc				In Massachusetts the Plymouth Colony’s first law is drafted, guaranteeing citizens a trial by jury
NA	Sc	Gv	1648	Oct	04	Peter Stuyvesant establishes Americas first volunteer firemen
NE	Se	Iv	1675	Oct	04	Christiaan Huygens patents pocket watch
NE	Mv	Rl	1712	Oct	04	Utrecht banishes poor Jews
NE	Sc	Md	1767	Oct	04	William V, Prince of Orange, marries Prussian princess Wilhelmina
NA	Cf	Ar	1777	Oct	04	Battle of Germantown -- George Washington defeated by British; English General William Howe occupies Philadelphia
NA	Sc	Bd	1822	Oct	04	Future US president Rutherford B. Hayes is born in Ohio
NA	Sc	Gv	1824	Oct	04	Mexico becomes a republic
NE	Sc	Gv	1830	Oct	04	Provisional government declares secession of Belgium from Netherlands
EU	Me	Th	1834	Oct	04	Franz Grillparzer’s Der Traum ein Leben premieres at the Burgtheater in Vienna
NA	Me	Sp	1854	Oct	04	Abraham Lincoln makes his first political speech at Illinois State Fair