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1650| 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. | | 1640–1700 | North America [literature and language] | Literacy rates in the colonies, particularly in New England, are high relative to those in the Old World. Shipton, New England has a 95% literacy rate; males in Virginia have a literacy rate between 54% and 60%. | | 1650 | UK [religion] | A judge in Derby, England is the first to use the term ‘Quakers’ to describe the religious leader George Fox and his followers, after Fox says in court: ‘I bid them Tremble at the word of the Lord’. | | 1650 | UK [statistics and demography] | With a population of 400,000 people, London, England, is the biggest city in Western Europe. The huge increase in population has been caused by a flood of people from outside London looking for employment. | | 11 February 1650 | France, Sweden [births and deaths] | René Descartes, French philosopher, scientist and mathematician, considered to be the founder of modern philosophy, whose best-known work is Discours de la méthode/Discourse on Method (1637), dies in Stockholm, Sweden (53). | | 26 May 1650 | England [births and deaths] | John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough, English general famed for his victories over the French at Blenheim (1704), Ramillies (1706), and Oudenaarde (1708), born in Ashe, Devonshire, England (–1722). | | 10 June 1650 | UK [political events] | Charles II, the son and heir of the late King Charles I of Great Britain and Ireland, sails for Scotland. Before he arrives at Speymouth, he swears the Covenant, abandoning his anti-Presbyterian Royalist supporters and throwing in his lot with the Scottish Presbyterians who have the resources and support to assist him in his bid for the restoration of his throne. | | 6 November 1650 | United Netherlands [political events] | The stadtholder (provincial governor) William II dies in the United Netherlands of smallpox, eight days before his heir, the future king William III of England, is born. By 1653, the Dutch statesman Johan de Witt assumes power in his role as Grand Pensionary. | | 14 November 1650 | United Netherlands, England [births and deaths] | William III, stadtholder (provincial governor) of the United Netherlands 1672–1702, King of England 1689–1702, born in The Hague, United Netherlands (–1702). |
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