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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
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marriageJudith Woodberry Beverly, Massachussetts, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1688 • Antonio Verrio begins work on the Heaven Room at Burghley House. |
1694
Age: 29y
| 1694 • The Académie française publishes the first complete edition of its Dictionnaire in Paris. |
1699
Dec 11
Age: 35y
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birth of childJerusha Herrick Preston, Connecticut, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1699 • Death of Christian V, King of Denmark–Norway since 1670. He is succeeded by his son Frederick IV (to 1730). |
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. |