I also acknowledge a debt to the chronologies which appear in the booklets produced by the Association des Amis de la Maison Vauban. I should also explain the dearth of information on Vauban's life prior to age 17. His childhood is something of a mystery. I intend to add a potted biography of each of these at some future point since details of their lives will shed further light on Vauban's also. The future Louis XIV is born.
Torture is abolished in England.
Death of Cardinal Richelieu. English Civil War begins. Montreal in Canada is founded. Mazarin appointed Anne's Chief Minister. English Civil War ends.