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In the 1632 series of alternate history novels, the Union of Kalmar is reunited by Gustav Adolf, King of Sweden, in 1634.
* 1632 series / Ring of Fire series
Carissimi is the viewpoint character for the " Euterpe " series of short stories by Enrico M. Toro within the 1632 series of books edited by Eric Flint.
Mannington is the model for the fictional town of Grantville in Eric Flint's best selling hit 1632 series of alternate history novels: 1632, 1633, Ring of Fire, The Grantville Gazette, and other book-length and shorter works.
The 1632 series has evolved into a large scale experiment in collaborative fiction and has attracted considerable interest from other best selling writers, including David Weber and Mercedes Lackey.
The fans and writers of the 1632 series have held at least four of their annual conventions in Mannington.
* The five plays called respectively The Golden Age, The Silver Age, The Brazen Age and The Iron Age ( the last in two parts ), dated 1611, 1613, 1613 and 1632, are series of classical stories strung together with no particular connection except that " old Homer " introduces the performers of each act in turn
S. M. Stirling introduced a new twist in the Nantucket, books and Eric Flint in the 1632 series, in which it is not a single modern individual but a whole modern community ( American in both cases ) transported into the past — to the Bronze Age and Germany of the Thirty Years ' War respectively.
* The 1630 destruction of the Japanese quarter of Ayutthaya at the orders of Prasat Thong and its consequences is central to one of the stories in the 1632 series anthology Ring of Fire III, " All God's Children in the Burning East " by Garrett W. Vance.
* Dr. James Nichols, fictional New United States Chief of health, medical care and sanitation in the 1632 series books
* Infanta Isabella is a minor character in the alternate history 1632 series, notably in the novel, 1634: The Bavarian Crisis.
Like some of the strategy employed by co-author Eric Flint in his 1632 series, the series has recently, starting with War of Honor, begun incorporating a broader viewpoint from more than one central character, many of whom, like in the 1632 series, appeared in other series works as supporting characters.
1632 is the initial novel in the best-selling alternate history 1632 book series written by historian, writer and editor Eric Flint.

1632 and though
Anton van Leeuwenhoek ( 1632 – 1723 ) is credited with bringing the microscope to the attention of biologists, even though simple magnifying lenses were already being produced in the 16th century.
He served under his brother-in-law Count Gustav Horn af Björneborg in the Thirty Years ' War from 1632, and was subsequently employed by his father in various diplomatic missions, though his instructions were always so precise and minute that he was little more than the executor of the Chancellor's wishes.
In the Battle of Lützen on November 6, 1632, he was killed, though, and Sweden lost their warrior-king.
Very little is known about the subsequent fate of his wife and children, though it is known that his son, John, and grandsons, George ( 1632 – 1722 ) and Valentine, emigrated to Quidnesset, Rhode Island about 1655.
Calvert accepted, though he died before the charter could be formally signed by the king and the new colony of Maryland was instead granted to his son, Cæcilius Calvert, on 20 June 1632.
The great deliverance of Geneva from the duke of Savoy, known as the Escalade ( 1602 ), was described in prose by David Piaget ( 1580 – 1644 ) in his Histoire de l ' escalade and celebrated in verse by Samuel Chappuzeau ( 1625 – 1701 )-- in his Genève délivrée, though the narratives of Goulart and that ( published officially by the government ) attributed to Jean Sarasin ( 1574 – 1632 ), the author of the Citadin de Genève ( 1606 ), are more laconic and more striking.
Regents from Utheem also ruled the Maldives from 1573 to 1632 AD, but the legal ( though unrecognised ) kings of the islands during this period were the exile Christian Kings of the Maldives residing in Goa, India.

1632 and set
The sixth scene of " Mother Courage and Her Children " by " Bertolt Brecht " is set in Ingolstadt, when count Tilly died in 1632, during the " Thirty Years War "
His election in 1632 signified the first official exception to a rule set by custom.
The Grantville Gazette ( Grantville Gazette I or more recently yet, Grantville Gazette, Volume 1 ) is the first of a series of professionally selected and edited paid fan fiction anthologies set within the 1632 series inspired by Eric Flint's novel 1632.
In 1632 the group began to assemble the most extensive set of Irish annals ever compiled.
Ring of Fire is a collection of short stories — half by a variety of established science fiction authors invited into the setting, half fan-fiction by enthusiasts who helped take the stand alone novel into a series numbering works in the tens of books ; all set in the universe initially created by Flint's science fiction novel 1632 written as a stand-alone novel and turned into a series by popular demand.
Flint's novelette set in December 1632 — Spring 1633, is the basis for a major plot thread in the milieu, the Eastern European thread.

1632 and during
* 1632 – Battle of Rain: Swedes under Gustavus Adolphus defeat the Holy Roman Empire during the Thirty Years ' War.
In 1623 during the Thirty Years ' War Munich became electoral residence when Maximilian I, Duke of Bavaria was invested with the electoral dignity but in 1632 the city was occupied by Gustav II Adolph of Sweden.
The conversion of Queen Christina of Sweden ( 1632 – 1654 ) occurred during Alexander VII's reign.
In 1632 the Dutch Stadhouder Frederik Hendrik conquered Venlo, Roermond and Maastricht during his famous " March along the Meuse ".
After the death of Charles X of Sweden in 1660, Brahe, as Lord High Steward, became one of the regents of Sweden for the second time ( he had held a similar office during the minority of Christina, 1632 – 1644 ), and during the difficult year 1660 he had entire control of both foreign and domestic affairs.
On 30 April 1632, the German field marshal Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly died at Ingolstadt during a Swedish siege of the city.
In fact, during the subsequent reign of Ladislaus IV of Poland ( 1632 – 1648 ), the Poles prevented that martial monarch from interfering in the Thirty Years ' War on the Catholic side.
In 1620 he became Lord High Constable and, as such, he was later one of the five regents ruling Sweden during Queen Christina's minority ( 1632 – 44 ).
Nonetheless, Gaston fled again to Lorraine and, in a secret ceremony in the presence of her family at Nancy during the night of 2 – 3 January 1632, Gaston took the princess Marguerite as his wife.
He was back at Whitehall in May 1632 ; but during his short service he had been present at the Battle of Breitenfeld and in many sieges.
He remained there until October 1632, during which time his portrait was painted by the royal artist, Hashim.
The population of Malta increased considerably during the rule of the Knights, from 25, 000 in 1535 to over 40, 000 in 1621, to over 54, 463 in 1632.
In Histriomastix, his 1632 polemic against the drama, William Prynne records the tale that actual devils once appeared on the stage during a performance of Faustus, " to the great amazement of both the actors and spectators ".
* Henri de Schomberg ( 1575 – 1632 ), a Marshal of France during the reign of Louis XIII
However, during the periods of no plague two major projects were completed: the Pont-Neuf in 1632 and the Canal du Midi in 1682.
When King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden invaded Bavaria during the Thirty Years ' War in 1632, he threatened to sack and burn the entire city of Munich.
The city was plundered and damaged by fires during the Thirty Years ' War ( c. 1632 ).
* Wang Hui ( 1632 – 1717 ), one of the " Four Wangs " representing the orthodox school of painting during the Ming and early Qing dynasties
In 1632, during the Thirty Years ' War, troops from Weimar burnt down the church and the majority of the houses.
Frances Carr, Countess of Somerset ( 31 May 1590 – 23 August 1632 ), born Frances Howard, was an English noblewoman who was the central figure in a famous scandal and murder during the reign of King James I.
At the age of 20 during the Election Sejm of 1632, he voted for king Władysław IV Waza.

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