PEACH

History

1626

Population: 543 Million*

Entertainment: Writers include Honorat de Bueil Les plus beaux vers, George Sandys translates Ovid's Metamorphoses, John Donne Five Sermons, Joseph Hall Contemplations, William Roper (bio of Sir Thomas More)
Art includes Reubens "Assumption of the Virgin" altarpiece, Van Duck
Medicine: Santorio Santorio the Italian physician measures human temperature with thermometer for first time
Science: Sir Henry Spelman publishes work on archaeology
Deaths: Dramatist Cyril Tourneur, General Count Ernst von Mansfeld, Sir Francis Bacon,

General: Treaty of Monzon between France and Spain confirms independence of the Grisons
Battle of Dessau – Catholic forces under von Wallenstein defeat Protestants
Thirty Years' War - Count Wallenstein and Catholic armies defeats Mansfeld and Protestants at Dessau and pursues his troops to Silesia and Hungary
Denmark: Battle of Lutter – Christian IV defeated
England: Knighthoods for all Englishmen with property over 40 pounds a year to help king's revenue
Professorship of Music established at Oxford U by William Heather
Second parliament of Charles I meets
Parliament tries to impeach Duke of Buckingham and is dissolved by Charles
Charles I marries Catholic princess of France – Parliament worried and does not grant war monies
France: Peace of La Rochelle between Huguenots and French crown
Jacques Lemercier creates the Sorbonne in Paris
Francois Mansart creates Chateau de Balleroy
Richelieu suppresses Chalais conspiracy – concentrating all political power in France in his own hands
Jardin des Plantes established in Paris
Royal edict in France calls for death penalty for those who win duels by killing opponent
German States: First presentation of "Hamlet" in German at Dresden
Italian States: Dutchy of Urbino bequeathed to the Pope by last of the Della Rovere family
Façade of St. Peter's in Rome finished consecrated by Pope Urban VIII
Irish College in Rome founded
Quakes in Naples Italy kills 70,000