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Netherlands in 1629

Historical records for Netherlands in 1629, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

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2Named people
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Historical records

Other Events

1629Birth of Christiaan HuygensChristiaan Huygens

Science / Astronomy

Birth of Christiaan Huygens, Dutch astronomer as well as a mathematician, physicist, science fiction writer, and horologist

1629Discovery of AustraliaFrancisco Pelsaert

Exploration / Exploration and Discovery

Lands on North Western Australia after his ship the Batavia is wrecked

Names involved

Christiaan HuygensFrancisco Pelsaert

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.