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1652
| 1652 • Michiel de Ruyter marries the widow Anna van Gelder and plans retirement, but months later becomes a vice-commodore in the First Anglo-Dutch War. |
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Age: 27y
1679
Age: 27y
birth of childRush Hudson 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1679 • The brigantine Le Griffon, commissioned by René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, is towed to the southern end of the Niagara River, to become the first ship to sail the upper Great Lakes. |
1707
Age: 55y
| 1707 • The last recorded eruption of Mount Fuji begins in Japan. |