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1625| 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. | | 1625 | UK [health and medicine] | Over 40,000 people die in an outbreak of bubonic plague in London, England. | | 1625 | Netherlands [thought and scholarship] | Dutch jurist Hugo Grotius publishes De jure belli et pacis/The Law of War and Peace, which lays the foundation of modern international law. | | 27 March 1625 | Scotland, England [births and deaths] | James VI of Scotland (1567–1625) and I of England (1603–1625), son of Mary Queen of Scots, dies in Theobalds, Hertfordshire, England (58). | | 27 March 1625 | UK [political events] | Prince Charles becomes King Charles I of England, Ireland, and Scotland on the death of his father James I of England and Ireland (usually described as James I of England) and VI of Scotland. | | 1 May 1625 | UK, France [political events] | King Charles I of Great Britain and Ireland marries Henrietta Maria, sister of King Louis XIII of France, by proxy; George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham, stands in for the king at the ceremony in Paris, France. | | 23 September 1625 | United Netherlands [births and deaths] | Johan de Witt, Dutch statesman, political leader of the United Netherlands (1653–72), who led his country during the First and Second Anglo-Dutch Wars, born in Dordrecht, United Netherlands (–1672). | | 9 December 1625 | UK, United Netherlands, Denmark-Norway [treaties] | By the Treaty of The Hague, England and the United Netherlands join King Christian IV of Denmark and Norway in an anti-Habsburg coalition. |
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