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Events and People Who Made History in the Year 1629 AD
March
March 2: English king Charles I leaces house of commons
March 4: England granted a royal charter to Massachusetts Bay Colony
March 10: King Charles I dissolved Parliament; he called it back 11 years later
March 24: 1st game law passed in American colonies, by Virginia
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April
April 14: England and France sign Peace of Susa
April 17: 1st commercial fishery established
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May
May 3: French huguenot leader duke De Rohan signs accord with Spain
May 22: Emperor Ferdinand II and Danish King Christian IV sign Peace of Lubeck
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June
June 18: Sea battle at Dungeness: Piet Heyn vs Dunkerk Cape
June 28: Peace of Ales: Rights of French huguenots limited
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July
July 10: 1st non-Separatist Congregational Church in U.S. founded (Salem, MA)
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August
August 26: Cambridge Agreement, Mass Bay Co stockholders agree to emigrate
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September
September 14: Spanish garrison surrenders to prince Frederik Henry
September 24: Jacques Specx appointed governor-general of Dutch-Indies
September 26: Sweden and Poland signs Peace of Altmark
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October
October 13: Dutch West Indies Co grants religious freedom in West Indies
October 30: King Charles I gives Bahamas to Sir Robert Heath
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November
November 3: Prince Frederik Hendrik festival in The Hague
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