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1570 - Earl of Moray, regent of Scotland, assassinated; civil war breaks out.

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1571 - Queen Elizabeth I opens Royal Exchange in London.

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1574 - Birth of Lucas I Franchoys Belgian painter.

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1579 - Union of Utrecht signed, forming protestant Dutch Republic.

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1582 - Birth of John Barclay Scottish satirist/Latin poet (Argenis).

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1622 - William Baffin British explorer, dies at about age 38.

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1637 - Dutch Governor Johan Mauritius lands in Pernambuco Brazil.

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1639 - Francisco Maldonado da Silva Solis Peruvian poet, burned at stake.

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1643 - Sir Thomas Fairfax takes Leeds for the Parliamentarians.

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1647 - Scottish Presbyterians sell captured Charles I to English parliament.

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