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Events
May 25
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Richard Cromwell
resigns as
Lord Protector
of
England
following the restoration of the
Long Parliament
, beginning a second brief period of the republican government called the
Commonwealth
.
24-year war between France and Spain ends with French acquisition of
Roussillon
and most of
Artois
under the
Treaty of the Pyrenees
(November 7).
The Spanish Infanta
Maria Theresa
brings
cocoa
to Paris
Diego Velazquez
's portrait of Infanta Maria Theresa is first exhibited
Thomas Hobbes
publishes
De Homine
Parisian
police raid a monastery, sending monks to prison for eating meat and drinking wine during
Lent
Drought
in
India
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Science
Christiaan Huygens
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Systema Saturnium
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Births
July 28
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Charles Ancillon
, French
Huguenot
Henry Purcell
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Deaths
Abel Tasman
, Dutch explorer