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1702
Oct 2
| 1702 • In North America, ships from Fort Maurepas arrive at Twenty-Seven Mile Bluff to build Fort Louis de la Mobile (future Mobile, Alabama) to become the capital of French Louisiana. |
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Age: 24y
1727
Age: 24y
marriageJohn Poindexter 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1727 • George, Prince of Wales, becomes King George II of Great Britain on the death of his father. |
1778
Jun 25
Age: 75y
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willLouisa County, Virginia, USA ⇓ Her will names "Children: John, William, Joseph, Richard, Frances Anderson, Anne Slaughter, Sarah Trion, and grandson William Poindexter Jr. Frances Anderson is dead – her part to her children; also to dec'd son Richard's two daus, Christian & Feby. Executors are John, William & Joseph Poindexter." 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1778 • Third voyage of James Cook: Captain James Cook, with ships HMS Resolution and HMS Discovery, first views Oahu then Kauai in the Hawaiian Islands of the Pacific Ocean, which he names the Sandwich Islands. |
1779
May
Age: 76y
| 1779 • American Revolutionary War: American forces led by Commodore Dudley Saltonstall launch the Penobscot Expedition in what is now Castine, Maine, resulting in the worst naval defeat in U.S. history until Pearl Harbor. |