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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
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?? ?? ?? 1511 Oct 05 Eedgenootschap signs anti-French Saint League -- Pope Julius II /Germany/ Ferdinand II of Aragon /Venice/Swiss ?? ?? ?? 1568 Oct 05 Conference of York begins: trial against Mary Stuart ?? ?? ?? William the Silent ’s army occupies Brabant?? ?? ?? 1572 Oct 05 Spanish army under Alva’s son Don Frederik plunders Mechelen EU Sc Gv 1582 Oct 05 Gregorian calendar introduced in Italy, other Catholic countries
NE Sc Gv 1632 Oct 05 Henry Casimir I appointed viceroy of Groningen NE Cf Sk 1693 Oct 05 Haarlem people’s revolution due to food shortages IT Me Th 1750 Oct 05 Carlo Goldoni ’s Il Teatro Comico premieres in Venice
EU Me Mu 1762 Oct 05 Christoph Willibald Gluck ’s opera Orfeo Ed Euridice premieres in Vienna
NA Cf Ar 1775 Oct 05 George Washington informs Congress of espionage
?? ?? ?? 1796 Oct 05 Spain declares war on England NA Cf 12 1813 Oct 05 Battle of the Thames in Canada -- Americans defeat British
NA Cf 12 Tecumseh defeated
EU Me Mu 1823 Oct 05 Carl Maria von Weber visits Ludwig van Beethoven NA Sc Bd 1829 Oct 05 Future US president Chester A. Arthur is born
?? ?? ?? 1830 Oct 05 King William I of the Netherlands mobilizes Dutch army SA Mv Ex 1833 Oct 05 Charles Darwin crosses the Rio Parana to the village of Santa Fe Bajada, Argentina
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