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1704
| 1704 • 26 – Apalachee massacre: English colonists from the Province of Carolina and their native allies stage a series of brutal raids against a largely pacific population of Apalachee in Spanish Florida. |
1731
Sep 11
Age: 27y
immigrationArrived on the ship the "Pennsylvania Merchant" |
| 1731 • Royal Colony of North Carolina Governor George Burrington asks the North Carolina General Assembly to pass an act establishing a town on the Cape Fear River, in what is seen as a political move to shift the power away from the powerful Cape Fear plantation class. The town is laid out in 1733 and incorporated as Wilmington in 1740. |
1745
Dec
Age: 42y
birth of childPhilip Crick Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1745 • King George's War: British capture Cape Breton Island in North America from the French. |
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Age: 74y
1778
Age: 74y
| 1778 • American Revolutionary War: In Paris the Treaty of Alliance and the Treaty of Amity and Commerce are signed by the United States and France, signaling official French recognition of the new republic. |