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  Maurice of Orange captures Grave
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  The Second Defenestration of Prague leads to the outbreak of the conflict
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  English settles and their Native American allies win the Pequot War
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  A peasant rebellion takes place on Japan's Shimabara Peninsula
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  English Civil War: Royalist and Parliamentarian forces clash at the Battle of Powick Bridge.
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  The English Parliament declares war on the Dutch Republic
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  Driven by commercial rivalry, England declares war on Spain
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  A band of Pokanoket warriors attacks the Plymouth colony opening the war
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  Fighting begins between the Marathas and Mughals in India
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  William III defeats James II at the Battle of the Boyne