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Soldiers in Breisach have an accident by bringing fire into a cellar with gunpowder, 1638 / In Bremen Lutherans enter the Cathedral against the council's prohibition while the guard lays down their weapons, 1638 / High water during the siege of Wolfenbüttel, 1641 / During the siege of Memmingen explodes
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Uncut sheet with four prints.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineSoldaten te Breisach begaan een ongeluk door met vuur in een kelder met buskruit te komen, 1638 / Te Bremen dringen Luthersen tegen het verbod van de raad de Dom binnen terwijl de wacht de wapens neer. 1698. Jan Luyken. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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