1618
Army of Prince Maurice
Descartes joins the forces of Prince Maurice of Nassau while living at Breda.
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Breda in France. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Descartes joins the forces of Prince Maurice of Nassau while living at Breda.
Descartes lived in Breda while serving as a military volunteer in Prince Maurice's forces.
Descartes writes the Compendium of Music for Beeckman, applying mathematical ratios to harmony.
Descartes meets Isaac Beeckman, who renews his interest in mathematics and natural philosophy.
Descartes met Isaac Beeckman in Breda and renewed his commitment to mathematical investigation.
Descartes completed a short treatise explaining musical consonance through numerical relationships.
Descartes wrote to Beeckman about mathematical methods and problems developed during their Breda collaboration.
Descartes writes to Beeckman about mathematical problems later developed in The Geometry.
The French retain French Acadia and French Guiana. Ends the England-Netherlands War
Louis XIV concluded a parallel peace at Breda as France participated in the wider settlement.
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