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1624| 1606–1657 | Ottoman Empire, Habsburg Monarchy, Hungary, Transylvania [treaties] | The 1606 peace treaties between the Habsburg and Ottoman empires lead to half a century of peace and stability in Hungary; no major campaigns are fought between the two, though frontier skirmishes and raids are endemic, and Transylvania develops into a rich regional power. | | 1607–1700 | North America, UK [food and drink] | Fruits introduced to the North American colonies from England include apples, which adapt well in New England, and peaches, which grow easily in Virginia and other warmer regions. Native vegetables like pumpkins, squash, and beans are favoured over European vegetables. | | 1624 | England [literature and language] | English poet John Donne publishes Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions, a selection of his prayers and meditations. | | 1624 | UK, Central America, West Indies [colonization] | English settlers under Thomas Warner establish a colony on the Caribbean island of St Christopher (St Kitts). | | 1624 | Italy [sculpture] | The Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini sculpts David. | | 1624 | United Netherlands, South America, Africa, Portugal [trade] | The Dutch West India Company begins to operate in South America and West Africa, largely in defiance of the Portuguese. | | June 1624 | UK, North America [political events] | After the Virginia Company of London goes bankrupt, the English crown annuls its charter and claims Virginia, North America, as a royal colony. The limited representative government established in the summer of 1619 remains in effect. | | July 1624 | England [births and deaths] | George Fox, English preacher and missionary, founder of the Society of Friends (Quakers), born in Drayton-in-the-Clay, Leicestershire, England (–1691). |
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| The world-famous Versailles Palace, 16 miles southeast of Paris,
was originally erected in 1624 as a hunting lodge, and was once the home
of both Louis XIV and Marie Antoinette. Heywood is known primarily for his 1603 tragedy, A Woman Killed
with Kindness, but Paul Merchant has done students of early modern
English theater a valuable service in providing superbly edited texts of
three other of Heywood's best plays: the 1604 comedy, The
Wise-Woman of Hogsdon, the 1624 tragicomedy, The English Traveller, and
the 1624 manuscript romance, The Captives. 1624, is a senior instructor with Skyline
Advanced Technology Services where he teaches courses on QOS, MPLS,
CCNA, and CCIE. |