1628 Collection (page 3)

John Bunyans Birthplace
This cottage, at Elstow, Bedfordshire, England, was the birthplace of JOHN BUNYAN, the author of The Pilgrims Progress. From here he plied his trade as a tinker

Buckingham Assassinated
The duke of Buckingham is assassinated by John Felton at Portsmouth

Dutch Print Office 1628
A Dutch printing office

Fall of meteorites at Hatford, Berkshire, UK
When meteorites fall at Hatford, Berkshire, Mistress Greene, a witness, has one dug up, though one of the diggers swoons in terror

Malherbe / Francois / Academ
Francois De Malherbe French Poet

Henry Cromwell / Dunkarton
HENRY CROMWELL Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, son of Oliver Cromwell

Smoking / Pipes / Holland
The pleasures and pitfalls of smoking are illustrated in this picture of Dutch pipe smokers

Endicott and the Flag
Governor Endicott cutting the cross out of the British flag

George Villiers / 2nd Duke
GEORGE VILLIERS 2ND DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM Also Earl of Coventry and Baron of Whaddon

Piet Hein Dutch Naval
PIET HEIN Dutch sea-captain who becomes a national hero when, in 1628, he captures an entire Spanish silver fleet and brings it back to Amsterdam in triumph

Shah Jahan I / Bertrand
SHAH JAHAN I Le Grand Mogol, ou l Empereur d Indostan Mughal emperor from 1628 to 1658

Henry Duke Norfolk
HENRY HOWARD, sixth duke of NORFOLK - statesman and diplomat, considered a clown by some, by others a patron of learning. with his autograph

George Duke Buckingham
GEORGE VILLIERS, duke of BUCKINGHAM - statesman stiff in opinion, always in the wrong, was everything by starts, and nothing long. with his autograph

Edward Earl Worcester
EDWARD SOMERSET, fourth earl of WORCESTER statesman and Master of the Horse - with his autograph

Tobias Matthew
TOBIAS MATTHEW churchman, archbishop of York with his autograph

Richelieu / Rochelle / 1628
Richelieu besieges La Rochelle

Shah Jahan I / Four Arts
SHAH JAHAN I Mughal emperor of India from 1628 to 1658, known in his youth as Prince Khurram. He had the Taj Mahal built as a mausoleum for his favourite wife

Events / Peru
Capture of a Spanish treasure galleon by three English vessels off the coast of Peru

Duke of Buckingham 17C
GEORGE VILLIERS, 1st DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM English statesman

Stralsund Besieged 1628
Wallenstein besieges STRALSUND, on the Baltic : a parley with the defenders

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