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1637 In England
Events from the year 1637 in England. Incumbents * Monarch – Charles I * Secretary of State – Sir John Coke Events * 18 February – Eighty Years' War: Battle off Lizard Point: off the coast of Cornwall, a Spanish fleet intercepts an Anglo-Dutch merchant convoy of 44 vessels escorted by 6 warships, destroying or capturing 20 of them. * 30 April – King Charles issues a proclamation attempting to stem emigration to the North American colonies. * 27 June – English merchants led by captain John Weddell establish the first trading settlement at Canton. * 30 June – William Prynne is branded as a seditious libeller, and sentenced to pillorying and mutilation. * 13 October – First-rate ship of the line is launched at Woolwich Dockyard at a cost of £65,586, adorned from stern to bow with gilded carvings. * Member of Parliament John Hampden continues to refuse to pay ship money although a 7-5 majority verdict among a group of judges supports its legality. Births * March – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1637
Events January–March * January 5 – Pierre Corneille's tragicomedy ''Le Cid'' is first performed, in Paris, France. * January 16 – The siege of Nagpur ends in what is now the Maharashtra state of India, as Kok Shah, the King of Deogarh, surrenders his kingdom to the Mughal Empire. * January 23 – John Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen arrives from the Netherlands to become the Governor of Dutch Brazil, and extends the range of the colony over the next six years. * January 28 – The Manchu armies of China complete their invasion of northern Korea with the surrender of King Injo of the Joseon Kingdom. * February 3 – Tulip mania collapses in the Dutch Republic. * February 15 – Ferdinand III becomes Holy Roman Emperor upon the death of his father, Ferdinand II, although his formal coronation does not take place until later in the year. * February 18 – Eighty Years' War – Battle off Lizard Point: Off the coast of Cornwall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ship Of The Line
A ship of the line was a type of naval warship constructed during the Age of Sail from the 17th century to the mid-19th century. The ship of the line was designed for the naval tactic known as the line of battle, which depended on the two columns of opposing warships maneuvering to volley fire with the cannons along their broadsides. In conflicts where opposing ships were both able to fire from their broadsides, the opponent with more cannons firingand therefore more firepowertypically had an advantage. Since these engagements were almost invariably won by the heaviest ships carrying more of the most powerful guns, the natural progression was to build sailing vessels that were the largest and most powerful of their time. From the end of the 1840s, the introduction of steam power brought less dependence on the wind in battle and led to the construction of screw-driven wooden-hulled ships of the line; a number of purely sail-powered ships were converted to this propulsion mech ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1574 In England
Events from the 1570s in England. Incumbents * Monarch – Elizabeth I * Parliament – 3rd of Queen Elizabeth I (starting 2 April, until 29 May 1571), 4th of Queen Elizabeth I (starting 8 May 1572) Events * 1570 ** 25 February – Pope Pius V excommunicates Queen Elizabeth I of England with the papal bull '' Regnans in Excelsis'' which is affixed to the door of Old St Paul's Cathedral in London on 24 May. ** Florentine banker Roberto di Ridolfi devises the Ridolfi plot to assassinate Elizabeth and replace her with the Catholic Mary, Queen of Scots. ** Whitechapel Bell Foundry known to be in existence in London. By 2017, when it closes its premises in Whitechapel, it will be the oldest manufacturing company in Great Britain. ** The home and library of John Dee at Mortlake begin to serve as an informal prototype English academy for gentlemen with scientific interests. ** Approximate date – Thomas Tallis composes his 40-part motet '' Spem in alium''. * 1571 ** 23 January â ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Fludd
Robert Fludd, also known as Robertus de Fluctibus (17 January 1574 – 8 September 1637), was a prominent English Paracelsian physician with both scientific and occult interests. He is remembered as an astrologer, mathematician, cosmologist, Qabalist and Rosicrucian. Fludd is best known for his compilations in occult philosophy. He had a celebrated exchange of views with Johannes Kepler concerning the scientific and hermetic approaches to knowledge. Early life He was born at Milgate House, Bearsted, Kent, not too long before 17 January 1573/4. He was the son of Sir Thomas Fludd, a high-ranking governmental official (Queen Elizabeth I's treasurer for war in Europe), and Member of Parliament. His mother was Elizabeth Andrews Fludd. A collage of 12 Coats of Arms of Fludd ancestors are shown in the painting above his right shoulder. His paternal arms goes back to Rhirid Flaidd whose name originates from Welsh meaning bloody or red wolf. Education He entered St John's Col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1572 In England
Events from the 1570s in England. Incumbents * Monarch – Elizabeth I * Parliament – 3rd of Queen Elizabeth I (starting 2 April, until 29 May 1571), 4th of Queen Elizabeth I (starting 8 May 1572) Events * 1570 ** 25 February – Pope Pius V excommunicates Queen Elizabeth I of England with the papal bull ''Regnans in Excelsis'' which is affixed to the door of Old St Paul's Cathedral in London on 24 May. ** Florentine banker Roberto di Ridolfi devises the Ridolfi plot to assassinate Elizabeth and replace her with the Catholic Mary, Queen of Scots. ** Whitechapel Bell Foundry known to be in existence in London. By 2017, when it closes its premises in Whitechapel, it will be the oldest manufacturing company in Great Britain. ** The home and library of John Dee at Mortlake begin to serve as an informal prototype English academy for gentlemen with scientific interests. ** Approximate date – Thomas Tallis composes his 40-part motet ''Spem in alium''. * 1571 ** 23 January – th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Jonson
Benjamin "Ben" Jonson (c. 11 June 1572 – c. 16 August 1637) was an English playwright and poet. Jonson's artistry exerted a lasting influence upon English poetry and stage comedy. He popularised the comedy of humours; he is best known for the satirical plays ''Every Man in His Humour'' (1598), '' Volpone, or The Fox'' (c. 1606), '' The Alchemist'' (1610) and '' Bartholomew Fair'' (1614) and for his lyric and epigrammatic poetry. "He is generally regarded as the second most important English dramatist, after William Shakespeare, during the reign of James I." Jonson was a classically educated, well-read and cultured man of the English Renaissance with an appetite for controversy (personal and political, artistic and intellectual) whose cultural influence was of unparalleled breadth upon the playwrights and the poets of the Jacobean era (1603–1625) and of the Caroline era (1625–1642)."Ben Jonson", ''Grolier Encyclopedia of Knowledge'', volume 10, p. 388. His ancestor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edmund Andros
Sir Edmund Andros (6 December 1637 – 24 February 1714) was an English colonial administrator in British America. He was the governor of the Dominion of New England during most of its three-year existence. At other times, Andros served as governor of the provinces of New York, East and West Jersey, Virginia, and Maryland. Before his service in North America, he served as Bailiff of Guernsey. His tenure in New England was authoritarian and turbulent, as his views were decidedly pro-Anglican, a negative quality in a region home to many Puritans. His actions in New England resulted in his overthrow during the 1689 Boston revolt. He became governor of Virginia three years later. Andros was considered to have been a more effective governor in New York and Virginia, although he became the enemy of prominent figures in both colonies, many of whom worked to remove him from office. Despite these enmities, he managed to negotiate several treaties of the Covenant Chain with th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore
Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore (August 27, 1637 – February 21, 1715), inherited the colony of Maryland in 1675 upon the death of his father, Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, (1605–1675). He had been his father's Deputy Governor since 1661 when he arrived in the colony at the age of 24. However, Charles left Maryland for England in 1684 and would never return. The events following the Glorious Revolution in England in 1688 would cost Calvert his title to Maryland; in 1689 the royal charter to the colony was withdrawn, leading to direct rule by the British Crown. Calvert's political problems were largely caused by his Roman Catholic faith which was at odds with the established Church of England. Calvert married four times, outliving three wives, and had at least two children. He died in England in 1715 at the age of 78, his family fortunes much diminished. With his death he passed his title, and his claim to Maryland, to his second son Benedict Leonard Calvert, 4th Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1640 In England
Events from the year 1640 in England. Incumbents * Monarch – Charles I * Parliament – Short (starting 13 April, until 5 May), Royalist Long (starting 3 November) Events * 5 January – Parliament fixes a quorum of 40 for its proceedings to be transacted. * 12 January – Thomas Wentworth becomes Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland and Earl of Strafford. * 17 January – John Finch becomes Lord Keeper of the Great Seal. * 13 April – King Charles I summons the Short Parliament in an attempt to fund the Second Bishops' War against the Scottish Covenanters. * 17 April – John Pym makes a speech attacking the King in Parliament. * 4 May – Oliver St John calls on Parliament to outlaw ship money. * 5 May – the King dismisses the Short Parliament and prepares to attack Scotland. * 6 May – the Earl of Warwick, Lord Brooke, Lord Saye, John Pym, John Hampden, and Sir Walter Earle arrested. * 20 August – a Scottish Covenanter army invades Northumberland. * 28 August – Battle of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Of England (1637–1640)
Princess Anne (born 1950) is the daughter of late Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom. Princess Anne may also refer to: British royals *Anne Neville (1456–1485), Princess of Wales (1470–1471) as daughter-in-law of Henry VI *Anne of York (daughter of Edward IV) (1475–1511) *Anne Hyde (1637–1671), Duchess of York as daughter-in-law of Charles I *Anne Stuart (born 1637) (1637–1640), daughter of Charles I *Anne, Queen of Great Britain (1665–1714), daughter of James II, known as Princess Anne of Denmark between marriage and accession to the throne *Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (1709–1759), daughter of George II Danish princesses *Anne of Denmark, Electress of Saxony (1532–1585), Danish princess from the House of Oldenburg *Anne of Denmark (1574–1619), queen consort of James VI of Scotland and I of England *Princess Anne of Denmark (1917–1980), wife of Prince George Valdemar of Denmark Places *Princess Anne, Maryland, US *Princess Anne, Virgini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1671 In England
Events from the year 1671 in England. Incumbents * Monarch – Charles II * Parliament – Cavalier Events * February – Nell Gwyn retires from the stage and moves into a brick townhouse at 79 Pall Mall, London. * 13 March – The Parliament of England addresses the King against the growth of popery. * 22 March – The Sabine baronetcy is created for John Sabine. * 31 March – The Royal Navy launches 102-gun HMS ''Royal James'' at Portsmouth Royal Dockyard, its first warship to have a frame reinforced by iron bars rather than an all wooden ship, an innovation by naval architect Anthony Deane. * c. 23 April – First record of ice cream being served in England, to the King at Windsor. * 9 May – Thomas Blood, disguised as a clergyman, attempts to steal the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London. He is immediately caught because he is too drunk to run with the loot. He is later condemned to death and then pardoned and exiled by King Charles II. * 6 September – The Royal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James II Of England
James VII and II (14 October 1633 16 September 1701) was King of England and King of Ireland as James II, and King of Scotland as James VII from the death of his elder brother, Charles II, on 6 February 1685. He was deposed in the Glorious Revolution of 1688. He was the last Catholic monarch of England, Scotland, and Ireland. His reign is now remembered primarily for conflicts over religious tolerance, but it also involved struggles over the principles of absolutism and the divine right of kings. His deposition ended a century of political and civil strife in England by confirming the primacy of the English Parliament over the Crown. James succeeded to the thrones of England, Ireland, and Scotland following the death of his brother with widespread support in all three countries, largely because the principles of eligibility based on divine right and birth were widely accepted. Tolerance of his personal Catholicism did not extend to tolerance of Catholicism in general, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
