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1721
Oct 17
| 1721 • The Treaty of Nystad is signed, ending the Great Northern War. |
1715
Oct 24
| 1715 • 1715 Treasure Fleet: A Spanish treasure fleet of 10 ships under General Don Juan Ubilla leaves Havana, Cuba for Spain. Seven days later, nine of them sink in a storm off the coast of Florida (some centuries later, treasure salvage is found from these wrecks). |
1738
Nov 10
Age: 17y
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marriageLazarus Wengert Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ Married at Host Tulpenhocken Church. 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1738 • John Wesley experiences a spiritual rebirth at a Moravian Church meeting in Aldersgate in the City of London, essentially launching the Methodist movement; the day is celebrated annually by Methodists as Aldersgate Day. His younger brother Charles had a similar experience three days earlier. |
1738
Nov 10
Age: 17y
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marriageBerks County, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ Host Tulpenhocken Church 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1738 • Samuel Johnson composes his first solemn prayer (published 1785). |
1747
Age: 25y
birth of childJacob Winger Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1747 • A combined French and Indian force, commanded by Captain Nicolas Antoine II Coulon de Villiers, attacks and defeats British troops at Grand-Pré, Nova Scotia. |
1797
Age: 75y
| 1797 • Battle of San Juan: Sir Ralph Abercromby unsuccessfully invades San Juan, Puerto Rico in what will be one of the largest British attacks on Spanish territories in the western hemisphere, and one of the worst defeats of the British Royal Navy for years to come. |