Person report

★06 Sep 1634
A Swedish–German army was overwhelmingly defeated at the Battle of Nördlingen, one of the most important battles of the Thirty Years' War, effectively destroying Swedish power in Southern Germany.

★13 May 1638
Construction began on the Red Fort in Delhi, the main residence of the Mughal emperors, now an iconic symbol of India.

★13 Dec 1643
First English Civil War: Roundhead forces serving under Sir William Waller led a successful surprise attack on a winter garrison of Royalist infantry and cavalry.

★25 May 1644
Ming general Wu Sangui let the invading Manchus pass through the Great Wall of China, allowing them to capture Beijing, leading to the foundation of the Qing dynasty.

★02 Feb 1659
Jan van Riebeeck, the founder of Cape Town, produced the first bottle of South African wine.

★27 Oct 1662
King Charles II of England sold Dunkirk to King Louis XIV of France.

★11 Mar 1669
The 1669 Etna eruption commenced in the early morning hours, eventually producing the largest lava flow in the history of Mount Etna and seriously damaging Catania and other towns on Etna's slopes.

★16 Mar 1689
The Royal Welch Fusiliers, one of the oldest line infantry regiments of the British Army, was founded.

★10 Jun 1692
Bridget Bishop became the first person executed for witchcraft in the Salem witch trials.

★29 Jul 1693
Nine Years' War: French troops defeated the forces of the Grand Alliance led by William III of England at the Battle of Landen in present-day Neerwinden, Belgium.

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