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1630
| 1630 • Massachusetts Bay Colony outlaws the possession of cards, dice, and gaming tables. |
1650
Age: 20y
birth of childLydia Way 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1650 • The Kolumbo volcano on Santorini experiences a massive eruption (VEI 6). |
1650
Age: 20y
marriageGeorge Way 3 Sources ⇓ |
1650
Age: 20y
movedCape Neddock, Maine, USA ⇓ And Winter Harbor. 1 Source ⇓ |
1653
Age: 23y
movedPemaquid, Maine, USA ⇓ A William Way is buried at Pemaquid. In February 1654 at Providence, George Way asked the town meeting "to grant me comodation to bee a inhabytant with you". At a town meeting 18 February 1661, "It hath this day been declared by sufficient witnesses in this court that John Steere and George Way were received into the town after the manner that John Browne was; town hath manifested themselves satisfied therewith". 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1653 • New Amsterdam (later renamed New York City) is incorporated. |
1713
Apr 20
Age: 83y
| 1713 • Tuscarora War: Colonel James Moore leads the Carolina militia out of Albermarle County, North Carolina in a second offensive against the Tuscarora. Heavy snows force the troops to take refuge in Fort Reading on the Pamlico River. |