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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 the longest of Danish monarchs, and of Scandinavian monarchies. A member of the house of Oldenburg, Christian began his personal rule of Denmark in 1596 at the age of 19. He is frequently remembered as one of the most popular, ambitious, and proactive Danish kings, having initiated many reforms and projects. Christian IV obtained for his kingdom a level of stability and wealth that was virtually unmatched elsewhere in Europe. He engaged Denmark in numerous wars, most notably the Thirty Years' War (1618–48), which devastated much of Germany, undermined the Danish economy, and cost Denmark some of its conquered territories. He renamed the Norwegian capital Oslo as Christiania after himself, a name used until 1925.
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Henry III 1551, Sep 19 1573 1589 1589, Aug 2 a monarch of the House of Valois who was elected the monarch of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealt... Simon Kelway unknown 1589 1589 1623 of Dawlish, Devon, was an English politician. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England f... Charles II of Austria 1540, Jun 3 1564 1590 1590, Jul 10 an Archduke of Austria and ruler of Inner Austria (Styria, Carniola and Carinthia) from 1564. He ... Mahathammarachathirat 1509 1569 1590 1590, Jun the first King of Ayutthaya Kingdom of the Sukhothai dynasty ruling from 1569 to 1590. As a power... Ferdinand II 1529, Jun 14 1564 1595 1595, Jan 24 ruler of Further Austria including Tirol. The son of Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor, he was marr... Murad III 1546, Jul 4 1574 1595 1595, Jan 15/16 the emperor and Caliph of the Ottoman Empire from 1574 until his death in 1595. Murad's reign is ... King Philip II 1527, May 21 1540 1598 1598, Sep 13 King of Spain (1556–98), King of Portugal (1581–98, as Philip I, Filipe I), King of Naples a... 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... Albert VII 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 Clar... 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... 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... 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,... 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... 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 ... 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... 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... 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... 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... 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... Edmund Waller 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 ... 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... 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... Willem Janszoon 1570 ca 1598 171 1630 a Dutch navigator and colonial governor. Janszoon served in the Netherlands East Indies in the pe... 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. ...
