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1559, Nov 13 1598-1621 1621, Jul 13
the ruling Archduke of Austria for a few months in 1619 and, jointly with his wife, Isabella Clara Eugenia, sovereign of the Habsburg Netherlands between 1598 and 1621. Prior to this, he had been a cardinal, archbishop of Toledo, viceroy of Portugal and Governor General of the Habsburg Netherlands. He succeeded his brother Matthias as reigning archduke of Lower and Upper Austria, but abdicated in favor of Ferdinand II the same year, making it the shortest (and often ignored) reign in Austrian history.
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Albert VII 1559, Nov 13 1598
1621 1621, Jul 13
Claude de La Tremoille 1566 1587 1602 1604, Oct 25 a sixteenth-century French nobleman of the La Tremoille family. He was the son of Louis III de La... Queen Elizabeth I 1533, Sep 7 1558 1603 1603, Mar 24 Queen of England and Ireland (and Supreme Governor of the Church of England ) from 17 November 15... Mehmed III 1566, May 26 1595 1603 1603, Dec 21/22 the Sultan and Caliph of the Ottoman Empire from 1595 until his death in 1603. His reign is most... Boris Godunov 1551 ca 1585 1605 1605, Apr 13 ruled the Tsardom of Russia as de facto regent from c. 1585 to 1598 and then as the first non-Rur... Opchanacanough 1554 ca 1500 1609 1646 a tribal chief of the Powhatan Confederacy of what is now Virginia in the United States, and its ... Henry IV 1553, Dec 13 1572 1610 1610, May 14 King of Navarre (as Henry III) from 1572 to 1610 and King of France from 1589 to 1610. He was the... Emperor Go-Yozei 1571, Dec 31 1586 1611 1617, Sep 25 the 107th Emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. Go-Yozei's reign s... Rudolf II 1552, Jul 18 1576 1612 1612, Jan 20 Holy Roman Emperor (1576–1612), King of Hungary and Croatia (as Rudolf I, 1572–1608), King o... Sampson Lennard 1544 1571 1614 1615, Sep 20 an English Member of Parliament who represented an unusually large number of different constituen... Mary Sidney 1561, Oct 27 1575 1615 1621, Sep 25 one of the first English women to achieve a major reputation for her poetry and literary patronag... William Parker unknown 1587 1617 1617 an English captain and privateer, and also Mayor of Plymouth.
He was born near Plymouth and wa... Ahmed I 1590, Apr 18 1603 1617 1617, Nov 22 the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph (Sunni Islam) of the Ottoman Caliphate from 1603 unti... Maximilian III 1558, Oct 12 1593 1618 1618, Nov 2 the Archduke of Further Austria from 1612 until his death. From 1585 Maximilian became the Grandm... HRE Matthias 1557, Feb 24 1595 1619 1619, Mar 20 Holy Roman Emperor from 1612, King of Hungary and Croatia from 1608 (as Matthias II) and King of... Farrukh Pasha unknown 1593 1621 1621 the Ottoman governor of Nablus and Jerusalem in the early 17th century, and founder of the Farruk... Osman II 1604, Nov 3 1618 1622 1622, May 20 the Sultan and Caliph (Sunni Islam) of the Ottoman Empire/Caliphate from 1618 until his death on ... King George I 1596, Aug 19 1613 1623 1662, Feb 13 King of Great Britain and Ireland, Supreme Governor of the Church of England from 1 August 1714 u... Elizabeth Stuart 1596, Aug 19 1613 1623 1662, Feb 13 Electress of the Palatinate and briefly Queen of Bohemia as the wife of Frederick V of the Palat... Mustafa I 1591 1617 1623 1639, Jan 20 the son of Mehmed III and was the Sultan and Caliph of the Ottoman Empire from 1617 to 1618 and f... King James I 1566, Jun 19 1603 1625 1625, Mar 27 King of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England and Ireland (and Supreme Head... Francis Bacon 1561, Jan 22 1579 1626 1626, Apr 9 an English philosopher, statesman, scientist, jurist, orator, essayist and author. He served both... Robert Naunton 1563 1606 1626 1635, Mar 27 an English writer and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1606 an... Juan de Onate 1550 1595 1629 1626/1630 a Novohispanic Conquistador, explorer, and colonial governor of the Santa Fe de Nuevo México pro... Willem Janszoon 1570 ca 1598 1629 1630 a Dutch navigator and colonial governor. Janszoon served in the Netherlands East Indies in the pe... Emperor Go-Mizunoo 1596, Jun 29 1611 1629 1680, Sep 11 the 108th Emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. Go-Mizunoo's reign ... Henry Wotton 1568, Mar 30 1588 1633 1639, Dec an English author, diplomat and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1614 and 1625. Of 2... Albrecht von Wallenstein 1583, Sep 24 1604 1634 1634, Feb 25 a Bohemian military leader and politician who offered his services, and an army of 30,000 to 100,... HRE Ferdinand III 1608, Jul 13 1590/1619 1637 1657, Apr 2 Holy Roman Emperor from 15 February 1637 until his death, as well as King of Hungary and Croatia... Charles Gonzaga 1580, May 6 1600 1637 1637, Sep 22 Duke of Mantua and Duke of Montferrat from 1627 until his death. He was also Charles III Duke of ... George William 1595, Nov 13 1619 1640 1640, Dec 1 margrave and elector of Brandenburg and duke of Prussia from 1619 until his death. His reign was ... Hendrik Brouwer 1581 1606 1643 1643, Aug 7 a Dutch explorer, admiral, and colonial administrator both in Japan and the Dutch East Indies. He... King Louis XIII 1601, Sep 278 1610 1643 1643, May 14 a monarch of the House of Bourbon who ruled as King of France from 1610 to 1643 and King of Navar... Sultan Agung of Mataram 1593 1613 1645 1645 A skilled soldier, he conquered neighbouring states and expanded and consolidated his kingdom to ... Michael I 1596, Jul 12 1613 1645 1645, Jul 13 the first Russian Tsar of the house of Romanov after the zemskiy sobor of 1613 elected him to rul... Christian IV 1577, Apr 12 1588 1648 1648, Feb 28 king of Denmark-Norway and Duke of Holstein and Schleswig from 1588 to 1648. His 59-year reign is... Maximilian I of Bavaria 1573, Apr 17 1591 1651 1651, Sep 27 a Wittelsbach ruler of Bavaria and a prince-elector (Kurfürst) of the Holy Roman Empire. His rei... Myles Standish 1584 ca 1603 1656 1656, Oct 3 an English military officer hired by the Pilgrims as military adviser for Plymouth Colony. He acc... Bohdan Khmelnytsky 1595 ca 1617 1657 1657, Aug 6 a Ukrainian Hetman of the Zaporozhian Host of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland in the Polish–... Carl von Rabenhaupt 1602, Jan 6 1620 1672 1675, Aug 12 a Bohemian Hussite nobleman who fought in Saxon, Dutch and Hessian service during the Thirty Year...
