vote Charles I the right to collect customs duties for his entire reign, restricting him to one year instead. July–September July 1 – The Safavid Empire in Iran defeats an invasion from the Kingdom of Georgia in the Battle of Marabda with heavy losses on both sides, including the Georgian commander, Teimuraz I, Prince of Mukhrani]. when the Iranian Safavid army defeated a Georgian force. July – The Barbary pirates first attack south-western England. In August they enslave about 60 people from Mount's Bay in Cornwall. August 6 – Ernest Casimir of Nassau-Dietz is appointed as stadtholder of Groningen. August 16 – Ernest Casimir of Nassau-Dietz is appointed stadtholder of Drenthe. September 8 – The Treaty of Southampton makes an alliance between England and the Dutch Republic, against Spain. September 13 – A total of 16 rabbis (including Isaiah Horowitz) are imprisoned in Jerusalem. September 15 – After several skirmishes in the preceding days, troops under the Marquis of Toiras successfully recapture the island of Ré, forcing the Duke of Soubise to flee to England, and ending the second Huguenot rebellion. September 24 – A Dutch fleet attacks San Juan, Puerto Rico. October–December October 25 – A Dutch fleet attacks the Portuguese garrison at Elmina castle at modern-day Elmina, Ghana, but is defeated with heavy casualties. This defeat, along with the defeats at Bahia and Puerto Rico, causes a five-year-long lull in Dutch attacks on Spanish and Portuguese colonies. November 1–7 – Cádiz Expedition: English forces commanded by Admiral George Villiers (which set out from Plymouth on October 8) are decisively defeated by the Spanish at Cádiz. December 9 – Thirty Years' War: The Netherlands and England sign the Treaty of The Hague, a military peace treaty for providing economical aid to King Christian IV of Denmark-Norway, during his military campaigns in Germany. Date unknown The Dutch settle Manhattan, founding the town of New Amsterdam. The town will transform into a piece of New York City. The capital of Madagascar, Antananarivo, is founded by King Andrianjaka. In England, a very high tide occurs, the highest ever known in the Thames, and the sea walls in Kent, Essex, and Lincolnshire are overthrown, thus great desolation is caused to the lands near the sea. An English colony is established in Barbados. The first members of the Society of Jesus move to Quebec, Canada. Approximate date – Shyaam a-Mbul begins to unify the