Duke of york 1664 biography
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Richard Nicolls
English martial officer essential colonial administrator
Richard Nicolls (c. 1624 – 28 May 1672) was be over English combatant officer reprove colonial executive who served as picture first commander of Fresh York propagate 1664 retain 1668.
Early life
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Career
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Province of Unique York
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Campbeltown, Where the Earl of Argyll Landed in 1685 |
James VII/II lived from 14 October 1633 to 16 September 1701. He became King James VII of Scots and King James II of England and Ireland on 6 February 1685. He (arguably) ceased to be King of England on 22 January 1689; of Scotland on 4 April 1689; and of Ireland when he fled the country after the Battle of the Boyne on 1 July 1690. The wider picture in Scotland at the time is set out in our Historical Timeline.
James Stuart, Duke of York and Duke of Albany, was the younger son of Charles I and younger brother of Charles II. He escaped to Holland after the English Civil War and in the 1650s served with both the French and Spanish armies. After the restoration of Charles II to the throne in 1660, James became Lord High Admiral and commanded the Royal Navy during the Second (1665–1667) and Third Anglo-Dutch Wars (1672–1674). After its capture by the English in 1664, the Dutch territory of New Netherland was renamed New York in his honour; and Fort Orange, 150 miles up the Hudson River, was renamed Albany in honour of his main Scottish title.
In 1660 James married his first wife, Lady Anne Hyde. They had a number of children, but
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1664
This article is about the year 1664. For the Kronenbourg beer, see 1664 (beer).
Calendar year
1664 (MDCLXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 1664th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 664th year of the 2nd millennium, the 64th year of the 17th century, and the 5th year of the 1660s decade. As of the start of 1664, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
Calendar year
Events
[edit]January–March
[edit]- January 5 – Battle of Surat in India: The Maratha leader, Chhatrapati Shivaji, defeats the Mughal Army Captain Inayat Khan, and sacks Surat.
- January 7 – Indian entrepreneur Virji Vora, described in the 17th century by the English East India Company as the richest merchant in the world, suffers the loss of a large portion of his wealth when the Maratha troops of Shivaji plunder his residence at Surat and his business warehouses.
- February 2 – Jesuit missionary Johann Grueber arrives in Rome after a 214-day journey that had started in Beijing, proving that commerce can be had between Europe and Asia by land rather than ship