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1676
| 1676 • After the Nipmuck tribe attacks Lancaster, Massachusetts, the colonist Mary Rowlandson is taken captive and lives with the Indians until May. |
1699
Dec 17
Age: 24y
| 1699 • Thomas Savery demonstrates his first steam pump to the Royal Society of London. |
1708
Oct 9
Age: 32y
| 1708 • Johann Sebastian Bach is appointed as chamber musician and organist at the court in Weimar, Germany. |