Lunar Eclipse 197

On December 20, 2010 for the first time since 1638, a total lunar eclipse of the full moon falls on the winter solstice.

 

The Historical Timeline for 1638.

 

Jan 3rd - Dutch Premier Van Joost speaks of "Hostage rights of Aemstel"

Jan 3rd - Schouwburg Theater, the 1st in Amsterdam, opens

Jan 5th - Petition in Recife Brazil leads to closing of their 2 synagogues

Feb 11th - Dutch countess Louise of Solms marries earl John of Brederode

Feb 28th - Scottish Presbyterians sign National Convent, Greyfriars, Edinburgh

Mar 3rd - Duke Bernard van Saksen-Weimar occupies Rheinfelden

Mar 22nd - Religious dissident Anne Hutchinson expelled from Mass Bay Colony

Mar 29th - 1st permanent white settlement in Delaware (Swedish Lutherans)

May 7th - Cornelis S Goyer takes possession of Mauritius (uninhabited)

May 14th - Admiral Adam Westerwolt conquerors Batticaloa, Ceylon

Jun 1st - 1st earthquake recorded in US, at Plymouth, Mass

Jun 25th - Lunar eclipse is 1st astronomical event recorded in US

Aug 9th - Jonas Bronck of Holland becomes 1st European settler in Bronx

Sep 1st - French queen-mother Maria de' Medici visits Amsterdam

Nov 8th - Anne Hutchinson banished from Massachusetts

Dec 17th - French/Swedish troops occupy Breisach on the Rhine

 

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