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Dom John IV (Portuguese: João, [2] pronounced; 19 March 1604 – 6 November 1656), nicknamed John the Restorer (Portuguese: João, o Restaurador), was the King of Portugal whose reign, lasting from 1640 until his death, began the Portuguese restoration of independence from Habsburg Spanish rule. [1]
John Lister (1587–1640) was an English merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1621 and 1640. Wilberforce House, Hull – home of the Lister family Lister was the son of John Lister , a lead merchant of Hull who was mayor and MP for the town.
The Restoration War (Portuguese: Guerra da Restauração), historically known as the Acclamation War (Guerra da Aclamação), [7] was the war between Portugal and Spain that began with the Portuguese revolution of 1640 and ended with the Treaty of Lisbon in 1668, bringing a formal end to the Iberian Union. The period from 1640 to 1668 was ...
The monument is unveiled, 1886. The Central Commission of 1 December 1640 [] was established in 1861 as reaction to groups defending Iberian federalism.The patriotic society was founded by Feliciano de Andrade Moura, a Lisbon merchant, and soon attracted notable figures of Portuguese society, such as Alexandre Herculano and Anselmo Braamcamp Freire.
John Swinton (1621?–1679) was a Scottish politician active during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms and during the Interregnum. At the Restoration he was found guilty of treason and was imprisoned for some years before being released.
April 1 – John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, English poet and courtier of King Charles II's Restoration court (d. 1680) [115] April 2 – Maria Sibylla Merian, German-born naturalist and scientific illustrator (d. 1717) April 3 – Sir Thomas Littleton, 3rd Baronet, English statesman (d. 1709) April 16 – Matthijs Naiveu, Dutch painter (d ...
John Goodwin (1594–1665) was an ... Goodwin had a hand in drafting the London clerical petition against the new canons of 30 June 1640. ... At the Restoration ...
William Russell, 1st Duke of Bedford KG PC (August 1616 – 7 September 1700) was an English nobleman and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 until 1641 when he inherited his Peerage as 5th Earl of Bedford and removed to the House of Lords.