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2 April – Anglo-Spanish War: King Philip IV of Spain signs a treaty with the exiled Charles II of England for the reconquest of England. [1]May – first performance of The Siege of Rhodes, Part I, by Sir William Davenant (with music by Henry Lawes, Matthew Locke, Captain Cooke and others) the first English opera (under the guise of a recitative), in a private theatre at his home, Rutland ...
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Pages in category "16th-century maps and globes" The following 43 pages are in this category, out of 43 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Receiving the news, Frederick III of Denmark promptly declared war on Sweden, and by June the Austrian army entered the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth from the south, [33] immediately stabilizing the situation in southern Poland by conquering Kraków, [31] while Denmark attacked Swedish Bremen-Verden and turned to Jämtland and ...
In classical antiquity, Europe was assumed to cover the quarter of the globe north of the Mediterranean, an arrangement that was adhered to in medieval T and O maps. Ptolemy's world map of the 2nd century already had a reasonably precise description of southern and western Europe, but was unaware of particulars of northern and eastern Europe.
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Map showing Denmark–Norway and its colonial possessions. Denmark maintained a number of colonies outside Scandinavia, starting in the 17th century and lasting until the 20th century. Denmark also controlled traditional colonies in Greenland [23] and Iceland [24] in the north Atlantic, obtained through the union with Norway.
Other events of 1656 List of years in Denmark: Events from the year 1656 in Denmark. Incumbents. Monarch – Frederick III [1] Steward of the Realm – Joachim Gersdorff;