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| 1 | 1626 | - 1626: Around 1626, Hendrickje Stoffels is born in Bredevoort. She would later become the mistress and model of the famous painter Rembrandt van Rijn.
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| 2 | 1627 | - 1627: The nearby town of Groenlo is conquered by the Dutch Republican troops and remains Dutch thereafter.
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| 3 | 1636 | - 1636: The plague strikes the area. Several people die of this 'black death'.
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| 4 | 1646 | - 1646: Lightning strikes the gunpowder tower of the Bredevoort castle. The entire castle and several houses in the vicinity are destroyed. Several people, including the sheriff, are killed.
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| 5 | 1648 | - 1648: All the church bells ring in celebration of the peace of Münster, which ends the Dutch War of Independence.
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| 6 | 1665 | - 1665: Münster bishop Bernard van Galen invades the Achterhoek area with a large army.
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| 7 | 1672 | - 1672: Bredevoort is occupied by the Munster bishop Bernard van Galen from 1672 until 1674. During that time, the official religion is changed to Roman-Catholic.
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| 8 | 1674 | - 1674: A chapel of the cross (Kreuzkapelle) is establised just across the German border to allow Roman Catholics from Aalten to worship.
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| 9 | 1682 | - 1682: The Winterswijk weavers get permission to start their own weaver's guild.
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Achterhoek Ancestors
Abt 1614 - 1686 (~ 72 years)