On December 5 of 1647
The Old Deluder Act was passed in 1647 and it established the first public schools in America. The schools would teach children to read the Bible.
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Peter Stuyvesant was Director General of New Netherland from 1647 to 1664, when the English took over. He succeeded Willem Kieft, who served from 1638 to 1647. All of Stuyvesant's predecessors held the title of Director, not Director General, but they and Stuyvesant had the same job. The colony of New Amsterdam was part of the larger Dutch province of New Netherland. There was never a Director or Director General of New Amsterdam.
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Richard Busby has written: 'A short institution of grammar for the use of Westminster School, 1647'
Matthew Hopkins as born in 1620 and died in 1647 which meant he would have been 27
The Fronde was a civil conflict in France from 1647 to 1652.
Peter Stuyvesant became governor of New Netherlands in 1647.
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The "old deluder" act was passed in 1647. It is important because it was the beginning of public education. Towns of 50 or more families had to pay a man to teach writing and reading in "town schools".