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1652
| 1652 • First Anglo-Dutch War – Battle of Plymouth: A fleet from the Commonwealth of England attacks an outward-bound convoy of the United Provinces, escorted by 23 men-of-war and 6 fire ships commanded by Vice-Commodore Michiel de Ruyter. |
1684
Mar 29
Age: 32y
marriageAbigail Adams Huntington, Long Island, New York, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1684 • Louis XIV decrees the foundation of the Maison royale de Saint-Louis, a boarding school for girls at Saint-Cyr, at the urging of Madame de Maintenon. |
1685
Age: 33y
birth of childEdward Higbee III Huntington, Long Island, New York, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1685 • Fort St. Louis is established by a Frenchman at Matagorda Bay, thus forming the basis for France's claim to Texas. |
1717
Age: 65y
| 1717 • Spain unites its South American colonies as the Viceroyalty of New Granada. |