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- 15-May-1660, At the age of 61 : John Thurloe is arrested for high treason for his support of Oliver Cromwell's regime.
- 13-March-1639, At the age of 31 : Harvard University is named for clergyman John Harvard.
- 12-March-1622, At the age of 130 : Ignatius of Loyola, Francis Xavier, Teresa of Avila, Isidore the Farmer and Philip Neri are canonized as saints by Pope Gregory XV.
- 12-March-1622, At the age of 106 : Ignatius of Loyola, Francis Xavier, Teresa of Avila, Isidore the Farmer and Philip Neri are canonized as saints by Pope Gregory XV.
- 16-May-1605, At the age of 70 : Pope Paul V succeeds Pope Leo XI as the 233rd pope.
- 28-August-1565, At the age of 1211 : St. Augustine, Florida (named after St. Augustine), is established. It is the oldest remaining European settlement in the United States.
- 06-September-1522, At the age of 42 : The ''Vittoria'', one of the surviving ships of Ferdinand Magellan's expedition, returns to Sanlucar de Barrameda in Spain, becoming the first ship to circumnavigate the world.
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