Parents
Spouse
Children
1664
Aug 13
| 1664 • Dutch Governor Peter Stuyvesant surrenders New Amsterdam to an English naval squadron commanded by Colonel Richard Nicolls. |
1688
Jan 2
Age: 23y
|
marriageJudith Woodberry Beverly, Massachussetts, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1688 • The birth of James Francis Edward Stuart (later known as the "Old Pretender", d.1766), son and heir to James II of England and his Catholic wife Mary of Modena, at St James's Palace in London, increases public disquiet about a Catholic dynasty, particularly when the baby is baptised into the Catholic faith. Rumours about his true maternity swiftly begin to circulate. |
1694
Age: 29y
| 1694 • Notorious voyage of the English slave ship Hannibal in the Atlantic slave trade out of Benin, ending with the death of nearly half of the 692 slaves aboard. |
1699
Dec 11
Age: 35y
|
birth of childJerusha Herrick Preston, Connecticut, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
1706
Jun 9
Age: 41y
| 1706 • English Parliament establishes the first turnpike trusts which place a length of road under the control of trustees drawn from local landowners and traders. The turnpike trusts borrow capital for road maintenance against the security of tolls and this arrangement becomes the common method of road maintenance for the next 150 years. |