Ephraim Herrick
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Ephraim Herrick
Ephraim Herrick
1638 - 1693
Mary Cross
Mary Cross
1640
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1688


Jan 2
Age: 23y
1688 • A group of 1,500 Old Believers immolate themselves to avoid capture when troops of the tsar lay siege to their monastery on Lake Onega.

1699


Dec 11
Age: 35y
1699 Billingsgate Fish Market in London is sanctioned as a permanent institution by Act of Parliament.

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.

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