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1615
| 1615 • In England, John Winthrop, later governor of the future Massachusetts Bay Colony, marries his second wife (of four), Thomasine Clopton, daughter of William Clopton of Castleins, near Groton, Suffolk. |
1645
Age: 30y
| 1645 • Battle of Auldearn: Scottish Covenanters are defeated by Montrose. |
1646
Feb 3
Age: 31y
| 1646 • Poet Anne Bradstreet becomes a founding mother of Andover Parish (now North Andover) Massachusetts. |
1646
Feb 3
Age: 31y
| 1646 • Joseph Jenkes, in Massachusetts, receives the first colonial machine patent. |
1681
Jan 15
Age: 66y
| 1681 • The Port of Honfleur in France is re-modelled by Abraham Duquesne. |