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★23 Nov 1635
Dutch pacification campaign on Formosa: Soldiers from the Dutch East India Company razed the village of Mattou, now part of modern-day Tainan, Taiwan.

★11 Dec 1640
A crowd of 1,500 people presented the Root and Branch petition to the Long Parliament, calling for abolishing the episcopacy of the Church of England.

★23 Oct 1641
Irish Catholic gentry in Ulster tried to seize control of Dublin Castle, the seat of English rule in Ireland, to force concessions to Catholics.

★20 Sep 1643
The First Battle of Newbury, one of the most crucial battles of the First English Civil War, was fought in Berkshire, with the Parliamentarians able to pass the Royalist force to successfully retreat to London.

★11 Sep 1649
Cromwellian conquest of Ireland: Oliver Cromwell's New Model Army ended the Siege of Drogheda, took over the town and massacred its garrison.

★25 Mar 1655
Dutch astronomer Christiaan Huygens discovered Titan, the largest natural satellite of the planet Saturn.

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

★07 Nov 1665
The London Gazette, the oldest surviving English-language newspaper, was first published as the Oxford Gazette.

★17 Mar 1677
Franco-Dutch War: France captured the town of Valenciennes in the Spanish Netherlands.

★01 Jul 1690
Williamite forces defeated Jacobite troops at the Battle of the Boyne near Drogheda, marking a turning point in the Williamite War in Ireland.

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