PEACH

History

1635

Population: 544 Million*

Entertainment: Writers include Calderon La Vida es sueno, Corneille (tragedy), Thomas Heywood, Vitzentsos Kornaros (Greek mystery drama), Cornelius Jansen (anti-Richelieu),
Art includes Philippe de Champaigne (portrait of Richelieu), François Mansart (Chateau Blois), Nicolas Poussin "Kingdom of Flora", Rembrandt "Self Portrait with Saskia", Velazquez "Surrender of Breda", Zurbaran "St. Veronica's Kerchief"
Music includes Frescobaldi "Fiori musicali di toccata" - later influences J.S. Bach,
Religion: Giulio Alenio the Italian Jesuit publishes first life of Christ in Chinese
Deaths: Dramatist Lope Felix de Vega Carpio, Painter Jacques Callot, Poet Thomas Randolph, Poet Alessandro Tassoni, Champlain

General: Franco-Swede alliance signed by Richelier and Oxtenstierna - France enters Thirty Years' War with Sweden, against Spain
Treaty of Stuhmsdorf – 20 year truce between Sweden and Poland
Peace of Prague signed between Bohemian Emperor Ferdinand II and Elector John George of Saxony – Thirty Tears’ War now becomes a conflict between France and Sweden against the House of Habsburg
England: Speed limit on hackney coaches in London set at 3 mph
First inland postal service in Britain between London and Edinburgh
France: Treaty of St. Germain-en-Laye agrees on regular French subsidies to the army of Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar
Académie Française founded by Richelieu to preserve French language - grammatical standards set to cleanse impurities from French
Sale of tobacco in France restricted to apothecaries – only on doctor's prescriptions
German States: Treaty of Prague – Ferdinand II revokes Edict of Restitution and makes peace with Saxony – treaty accepted by most Protestant princes
Holy Roman Empire: Budapest U established