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February1634

What Happened in February 1634

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"The Triumph of Peace"

Feb 3 Most elaborate masque of the Carolinian age - "The Triumph of Peace" held at Whitehall Palace, London, in front of King Charles I, written by James Shirley with sets by Inigo Jones

King of England Charles I

Feb 17 Puritan author William Prynne tried in Star Chamber for publishing "Histrio-masti", criticising the theatre

Wallenstein Charged with Treason

Feb 18 Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II charges commander Albrecht von Wallenstein's with high treason and orders him brought to Vienna, dead or alive

Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II

General and Nobleman Albrecht von Wallenstein

Feb 19 Battle of Smolensk: King Wladyslaw IV of Poland beats Russians [NS=Mar 1]
Feb 25 Irish captain Walter Devereaux kills Duke Wallenstein

Famous Birthdays

Feb 22 Peter van Schooten, Dutch mathematician and fort architect, born in Leiden, Netherlands (d. 1679)

Famous Deaths

Feb 15 Wilhelm Fabry, German surgeon (Father of German surgery), dies at 73

Albrecht von Wallenstein (1583-1634)

Feb 25 Bohemian-German general and statesman (Thirty Years' War), assassinated at 50

Albrecht von Wallenstein

Famous People by their Chinese Zodiac Animal