Charles Amadeus of Savoy (1624-July 30, 1652) served in the army of Flanders in 1645, and in the following year commanded the light cavalry at the siege of Courtrai. In 1652 he took part in the war of the Fronde, and fought at Bleneau and at the Faubourg St Antoine, where he was wounded. He was killed the same year in a duel by his brother-in-law, François de Vendome, duke of Beaufort. Events January 24 - Alfonso Mendez, appointed by Pope Gregory XV as Prelate of Ethiopia, arrives at Massawa from Goa. ... July 30 is the 211th day (212th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 154 days remaining. ... Events April 6 - Dutch sailor Jan van Riebeeck establishes a resupply camp for the Dutch East India Company at the Cape of Good Hope, and founded Cape Town. ... This article is in need of attention. ... Events January 10 - Archbishop Laud executed on Tower Hill. ...

He had two daughters, Marie Jeanne Baptiste of Savoy, who married Charles Emmanuel of Savoy in 1665, and Marie Francoise Elisabeth of Savoy, who married king Alphonso VI of Portugal, in 1666. His brother Henry, who had been archbishop of Reims, but now withdrew from orders, succeeded to the title of Duke of Nemours. Events March 4 - Start of the Second Anglo-Dutch War March 6 - Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society begins publication March 16 - Bucharest allows Jews to settle in the city in exchange of annual tax of 16 guilders June 3 - The Duke of York defeats the Dutch Fleet off the... Afonso VI (August 21, 1643 - September 12, 1675) was king of Portugal, the second king of the House of Braganza. ... Events September 2 - Great Fire of London: A large fire breaks out in London in the house of Charles IIs baker on Pudding Lane near London Bridge. ... The Archdiocese of Reims was founded (as a diocese) around 250 by St. ...

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• This article incorporates text from the public domain 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.