A Sampler of Events That Made History Between 1600 AD and 1699 AD
1659 - Battle at Elvas: Portuguese beat Spanish 1684 - French king Louis XIV marries Madame Maintenon 1656 - Oldest surviving commercial newspaper begins (Haarlem, Netherlands) 1612 - Battle at Surat India: English fleet beats Portuguese 1648 - Cornerstone of Amsterdam townhall laid 1602 - Battle at Kinsale, Ireland: English army beats Spanish 1647 - Scottish Presbyterians sell captured Charles I to English parliament 1687 - King James II orders his declaration of indulgence read in church 1607 - Claudio Monteverdi's opera "Orfeo," premieres in Mantua 1694 - Duke Victor Amadeus of Savoye attacks Casale
