SEAL: Birth, Death, Rebirth Crossword

King of Sweden from 1611-1632, who revolutionised the Swedish Army [8,8]
Type of cavalry that was popular in the late 16th century [5]
The intellectual and philosophical movement that paved the way for the French Revolution [3,13]
The French colonial appellation of the current Republic of Haiti [5,8]
The first permanent English settlement in North America [9]
The 2000-mile east-west American emigrant trail in the United States [6,5]
The name of the sole survivor of the White Ship Disaster [7,6]
The English chronicler and Benedictine monk, who recorded the White Ship Disaster [7,7]
A type of cannon used throughout the Middle Ages (clue: present at Edinburgh Castle) [7]
The type of firearm, designed in 1630, that replaced the Wheel Lock [9]
Capital city of the country, where the seven billionth person was born [6]
The phrase referring to the extensive agricultural developments in the United States of America [5,10]
The name of the Anglo-Austrian philosopher, who claimed that the greatest virtue of democracy was the bloodless removal of the bad ruler [4,6]
The meeting place of the United States Congress that was recently plagued by rioting [7,8]
The colonial era name of the capital city of former Rhodesia [8]
The Rhodesian conflict that unintentionally triggered an economic revitalisation after the Second World War [9,4,3]
The traditional industrial region in Germany invaded by French troops in 1923 [3,4]
The Zimbabwean concessionary act of 1980 that eventually resulted in hyperinflation [4,6]
The American politician, who was called "the first modern Vice-President" [7,5]
The 1970s political scandal that led to the downfall of Richard Nixon [9,7]
A treatise on witchcraft authored by Heinrich Kramer issued in 1487 [7,11]
The German literary duo that shed light on the mendacity of witchcraft [5,8]
The main driving figure behind the Slavery Abolition Act of 1833 [7,11]
The type of plant farmed extensively in the British Colony of Natal [9]
System of philosophy based on the teachings of Epicurus [12]
Didactic poem written by Roman poet and philosopher Lucretius (clue: referred to as DRN) [2,5,6]