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Date |
Event(s) |
| 1 | 1636 | - 1636: The plague strikes the area. Several people die of this 'black death'.
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| 2 | 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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| 3 | 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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| 4 | 1665 | - 1665: Münster bishop Bernard van Galen invades the Achterhoek area with a large army.
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Achterhoek Ancestors
Abt 1630 - 1665 (~ 35 years)