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1606, Mar 3 1624-1686 1687, Oct 21
an English poet and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1624 and 1679. In 1645 the Poems of Waller were first published in London, in three different editions; there has been much discussion of the order and respective authority of these issues, but nothing is decidedly known.
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Edmund Waller 1606, Mar 3 1624
1686 1687, Oct 21
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 ... Leopold V 1586, Oct 9 1623 1632 1632, Sep 13 the son of Archduke Charles II of Inner Austria, and the younger brother of Emperor Ferdinand II,... 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,... Johannes van Walbeeck 1602 1634 1634 1649+ a Dutch navigator and cartographer during a 1620s circumnavigation of the earth, an admiral of th... 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 ... Peter Minuit 1583 ca 1625 1638 1638, Aug 5 a Walloon from Wesel, in present-day North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, then part of the Duchy of C... 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 ... Murad IV 1612, Jul 26/27 1623 1640 1640, Feb 8 the Sultan and Caliph of the Ottoman Empire from 1623 to 1640, known both for restoring the autho... 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... Empress Meisho unknown 1629 1643 unknown Given name: Okiko 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... Zhang Xianzhong 1606, Sep 18 1644 1646 1647, Jan 2 a leader of a peasant revolt from Yan'an, Shaanxi Province. He served in the Ming army, and while... Frederick Henry 1584, Jan 29 1625 1647 1647, Mar 14 the sovereign Prince of Orange and stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Guelders, and Overij... 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... Ibrahim I 1615, Nov 5 1640 1648 1648, Aug 18 the Sultan and Caliph (Sunni Islam) of the Ottoman Empire/Caliphate from 1640 until 1648. Ibrahim... Charles I 1600, Nov 19 1625 1649 1649, Jan 30 was monarch of the three kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and Supreme Governor of the ... 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... Emperor Go-Komyo 1633, Apr 20 1643 1654 1654, Oct 30 the 110th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. Go-Komyo's reign sp... 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–... Ferdinand IV 1633, Sep 8 1637 1657 1654, Jul 9 made King of Bohemia in 1646, King of Hungary and Croatia in 1647, and King of the Romans on 31 M... Oliver Cromwell 1599, Apr 25 1628 1658 1658, Sep 3 an English military and political leader and later Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England,... John Stone [2] unknown 1650 1659 unknown an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1653 and 1659. In 1653, Stone was e... Richard Cromwell 1626, Oct 4 1658 1659 1712, Jul 12 Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland, and one of only two commoners to become the Engl... Gaston Duke of Orleans 1608, April 24 1626 1660 1660, Feb 2 the third son of King Henry IV of France and his wife Marie de' Medici. As a son of the king, he ... Nathaniel Bacon [3] 1593, Dec 12 1645 1660 1660 an English Puritan lawyer, writer and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times... Charles X Gustav 1622, Nov 8 1654 1660 1660, Feb 13 King of Sweden from 1654 until his death. He was the son of John Casimir, Count Palatine of Zwei... Ferdinand Charles 1628, May 17 1632 1662 1662, Dec 30 the Archduke of Further Austria, including Tyrol, from 1646 to 1662. As the son of Archduke Leopo... Zhu Youlang 1623, Nov 1 1646 1662 1662, Jun 1 the fourth and last emperor of the Southern Ming dynasty of China. His era name means "Perpetual ... Emperor Go-Sai 1638, Jan 1 1655 1663 1685, Mar 22 the 111th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. Go-Sai's reign span... Philip IV 1605, Apr 8 1621 1665 1665, Sep 17 King of Spain (as Philip IV in Castille and Philip III in Aragon) and Portugal as Philip III (Po... Sigismund Francis 1630, Nov 27 1662 1665 1665, Jun 25 the ruler of Further Austria including Tyrol from 1662 to 1665. In 1662 he was put forth by his c... Ferdinando II de' Medici 1610, Jul 14 1621 1670 1670, May 23 grand duke of Tuscany from 1621 to 1670. He was the eldest son of Cosimo II de' Medici and Maria... Frederick III of Denmark 1609, Mar 18 1648 1670 1670, Feb 9 king of Denmark and Norway from 1648 until his death. He also governed under the name Frederick I... Edmund Scarborough 1617, Sep 1642 1671 1671 an influential early settler of Virginia and member of the Virginia House of Burgesses from 1642 ... 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... Thomas Hopkins 1616, Apr 1640 1676 1684 an early settler of Providence Plantations and the great grandfather of brothers Esek Hopkins, th... Nathaniel Bacon [5] 1647, Jan 2 1660 1676 1676, Oct 26 a colonist of the Virginia Colony, famous as the instigator of Bacon's Rebellion of 1676, which c... Charles Francois d'Angennes 1648, Dec 6 1672 1676 1691 a French nobleman who became a buccaneer in the Caribbean and who sold his castle and title to to... Amangkurat I unknown 1646 1677 unknown the sultan of Mataram from 1646 to 1677.
He was the son of the powerful Sultan Agung. Upon takin... Metacomet 1639 ca 1660 1679 1676 Wampanoag; The second son of Massasoit, Metacomet (or King Philip) led an open rebellion against ... Denzil Holles 1599, Oct 31 1624 1680 1680, Feb 17 an English statesman and writer, best known as one of the Five Members whose attempted unconstitu... Kara Mustafa Pasha 1634/35 1660 1683 1683, Dec 25 an Ottoman military leader and grand vizier who was a central character in the Ottoman Empire's l... Thomas Lynch unknown 1670 1684 1684 Governor of Jamaica. In 1677, Sir Thomas Lynch returned to England having served in Jamaica since... Charles II of England 1630, May 29 1660 1685 1685, Feb 6 the monarch of the three kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and Supreme Governor of the ... Mehmed IV 1642, Jan 2 1648 1687 1693, Jan 6 the Sultan and Caliph of the Ottoman Empire from 1648 to 1687. Taking the throne at age six, his ... Emperor Reigen 1654, Jul 9 1663 1687 1732, Sep 24 the 112th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. Reigen's reign span... Frederick William 1620, Feb 16 1640 1688 1688, Apr 29 Elector of Brandenburg and Duke of Prussia, thus ruler of Brandenburg-Prussia, from 1640 until hi... King James II 1633, Oct 14 1685 1688 1701, Sep 6 King of England and Ireland as James II and King of Scotland as James VII, and Supreme Governor o... Adolf Esmit unknown 1680 1689 unknown governor of St. Thomas in the Danish West Indies from 1683 to 1684, and again from 1687 to 1688. ... Samuel Pepys 1633, Feb 23 1655 1691 1703, May 26 an English naval administrator and Member of Parliament who is now most well known for the diary ... William Pulteney [1] 1624, Mar 25 1679 1691 1691, Sep 6 an English Member of Parliament. He represented Westminster from February 1679 to March 1681 and ... William Phips 1651, Feb 2 1673 1695 1695, Feb 18 a shepherd boy born in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, a shipwright, ship's captain, treasure hunte... Arung Palakka 1634 ca 1660 1696 1696 a 17th-century Bugis prince and warrior. He supported the Dutch East India Company (VOC) in the M... Sir James Houblon 1629, Jul 1654 1698 1700, Oct an influential merchant and Member of Parliament for the City of London. He held appointments in ... Thomas Neale 1641 1664 1698 1699 an English project-manager and politician who was also the first person to hold a position equiva... Christian V 1646, Apr 15 1670 1699 1699, Aug 25 king of Denmark and Norway from 1670 until his death in 1699. Well-regarded by the common people,... Tamanend 1628 ca 1680 1699 1701 ca a chief of one of the clans that made up the Lenni-Lenape nation in the Delaware Valley at the ti... Roger L'Estrange 1616, Dec 17 1639 1702 1704, Dec 11 an English pamphleteer, author and staunch defender of Royalist claims. L'Estrange was involved i... Amangkurat II unknown 1677 1703 unknown the Susuhunan of Mataram from 1677 to 1703. Prior to taking the throne, he was the crown prince a... Willem van Outhoorn 1635, May 4 1659 1704 1720, Nov 27 Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies from 1691 to 1704. He was born and died in the Dutch E... Charles Montagu 1661, Apr 16 1683 1706 1715, May 19 an English poet and statesman. In 1685, Montagu's verses on the death of King Charles II made suc... Edward Hyde [2] 1661, Nov 28 1685 1708 1723, Mar 31 Governor of New York and New Jersey between 1701 and 1708, and is reputed to have had a predelict... William Penn [2] 1644, Oct 14 1681 1712 1718, Jul 30 the son of Sir William Penn[1], and was an English real estate entrepreneur, philosopher, early ... King Louis XIV 1638, Sep 5 1643 1715 1715, Sep 1 a monarch of the House of Bourbon who ruled as King of France from 1643 until his death in 1715. ... Jacob Hop 1654, Jul 31 1678 1725 1725, Oct 27 a Dutch diplomat who played an important role in the War of Succession. From 1699 he served as C... Peter the Great 1672, May 30 1682 1725 1725, Jan 28 ruled the Tsardom of Russia and later the Russian Empire from 7 May (O.S. 27 April) 1682 until hi... Moulay Ismail ibn Sharif 1634 1672 1727 1727, Mar 22 the second ruler of the Moroccan Alaouite dynasty. He is also known in his native country as the ... Victor Amadeus II 1666, May 14 1675 1730 1732, Oct 31 Duke of Savoy from 1675 to 1730. Victor Amadeus II undertook sweeping administrative reforms with... Melchior de Polignac 1661, Oct 11 1683 1742 1742, Nov 20 a French diplomat, Cardinal and neo-Latin poet. During the last years of Louis XIV, Abbé de Poli...
