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13th February 1689: William and Mary become the new co-regents of the Kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland after agreeing to the Declaration of Right

13th February 2026
Tagged as: Britain, Catholicism, Dutch Republic, England, Glorious Revolution, Ireland, Jacobite Wars, James II, Mary II, Netherlands, Protestantism, United Kingdom, William and Mary, William III, Williamite Wars

The couple were declared King and Queen after agreeing to the Declaration of Right. Their coronation took place on 11 April.

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24th October 1648: Peace of Westphalia ends the Thirty Years’ War that ravaged Europe

24th October 2023
Tagged as: Catholicism, Dutch Republic, Europe, Germany, Holy Roman Empire, Lutherism, Peace of Westphalia, Politics, Protestantism, Reformation, Religion, Spain, Sweden, Territory, Thirty Years War, War

The Peace of Westphalia confirmed the autonomy of states with the Holy Roman Empire and redefined the borders and sovereignty of numerous European states.

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20th March 1602: The Dutch East India Company established

20th March 2023
Tagged as: Dutch East India Company, Dutch Republic, East India Company, Economics, Economy, Finance, India, Netherlands, Ship, Spices, Trade

By the start of the 17th century merchants from the Dutch Republic had begun to undertake voyages to the ‘Spice Islands’ of the Indian Ocean.

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13th February 1689: William and Mary become the new co-regents of the Kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland after agreeing to the Declaration of Right

24th October 1648: Peace of Westphalia ends the Thirty Years’ War that ravaged Europe

20th March 1602: The Dutch East India Company established

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21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow

HistoryPod Extra: The Myth of Gavrilo Princip’s Sandwich

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

2nd August 1934: Hitler becomes Führer after President Hindenburg dies

6th October 1927: The Jazz Singer starring Al Jolson, the first major “talkie” movie, premieres in New York City

5th October 1962: James Bond and The Beatles each make their debut with Dr. No and Love Me Do

4th October 1582: Pope Gregory XIII implements the Gregorian calendar

3rd October 1952: Britain conducts Operation Hurricane, its first test of an atomic bomb

28th June 1914 & 1919: Trigger and end of the First World War

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland

9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

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