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What Happened in December 1626

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Historical Events

  • Dec 1 Pasha Muhammad ibn Farukh, tyrannical governor of Jerusalem, driven out

Peace of Pressburg

Dec 30 Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II and Prince of Transylvania Gabor Bethlen sign Peace of Pressburg (Bratislava) ending uprising against Hapsburgs

Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II
Events in 1626

Famous Birthdays

  • Dec 8 Christina, Queen of Sweden who abdicated after becoming Catholic (1644-54), born in Tre Kronor Castle, Stockholm (d. 1689)
  • Dec 20 Veit Ludwig von Seckendorff, German statesman, born in Herzogenaurach, Germany (d. 1692)
Born in 1626

Famous Deaths

  • Dec 8 John Davies, English poet (b. 1569)
  • Dec 10 Edmund Gunter, English mathematician (b. 1581)
  • Dec 15 Adriaen de Vries, Dutch sculptor/painter, dies at about 70


What Happened in 1626

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