Original August 9, 1646, Antique French HANDWRITTEN VELLUM -
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What happened this year when the French document was written
March 2 - The future Charles II of England escapes from Cornwall into exile across the English Channel.
March 19 - Start of the Battles of La Naval de Manila a series of five naval battles fought between the Dutch Republic and Spain in the waters of the Philippines.
July 12 -Lightning strikes the gunpowder tower of the castle of Bredevoort in the Netherlands, causing an explosion that destroys parts of the castle and the town, killing lord Haersolte of Bredevoort and his family, as well as others. Only one son Anthonie, who is not home that day, survives.
November 4 - Massachusetts Bay Colony enacts the death penalty for denying Biblical inspiration.