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Fork introduced to American dining by Governor Winthrop

Fork introduced to American dining by Governor Winthrop

Fork introduced to American dining by Governor Winthrop

Events Before

  1. First game law is passed in the American colonies by Virginia

    First game law is passed in the American colonies by Virginia

  2. England and France sign Peace of Susa

    England and France sign Peace of Susa

  3. French huguenot leader Duke De Rohan signs accord with Spain

    French huguenot leader Duke De Rohan signs accord with Spain

  4. Dutch East India ship Batavia wrecks on Morning Reef off the Houtman Abrolhos, Western Australia, with 200 survivors (on

    Dutch East India ship Batavia wrecks on Morning Reef off the Houtman Abrolhos, Western Australia, with 200 survivors (only 70 survive after three months due to mutiny and murders) [1]

  5. Peace of Alès: Rights of French huguenots limited

    Peace of Alès: Rights of French huguenots limited

Events After

  1. Mumtaz Mahal dies during childbirth. Her husband, Mughal emperor Shah Jahan I, then spends more than 20 years building h

    Mumtaz Mahal dies during childbirth. Her husband, Mughal emperor Shah Jahan I, then spends more than 20 years building her tomb, the Taj Mahal

  2. France and Sweden sign the anti-German Treaty of Bärwalde

    The Treaty of Fontainebleau (German: Vertrag von Fontainebleau) was signed on 30 May 1631 during the Thirty Years' War, at the Palace of Fontainebleau.

  3. Earl Johann Tilly attacks Maagdenburg

    Earl Johann Tilly attacks Maagdenburg

  4. English colony Massachusetts Bay grants Puritan voting right

    The Massachusetts Bay Colony (1628–1691), more formally the Colony of Massachusetts Bay, was an English settlement on the east coast of North America around Massachusetts Bay, one of the several...

  5. Magdeburg in Germany seized by forces of the Holy Roman Empire under earl Johann Tilly, most inhabitants massacred, one

    Magdeburg in Germany seized by forces of the Holy Roman Empire under earl Johann Tilly, most inhabitants massacred, one of the bloodiest incidents of the Thirty Years' War

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