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1660
| 1660 • At Gresham College in London, twelve men, including Christopher Wren, Robert Boyle, John Wilkins, and Sir Robert Moray meet after a lecture by Wren and decide to found "a College for the Promoting of Physico-Mathematicall Experimentall Learning" (later known as the Royal Society). |
1695
Age: 35y
1696
Jan 24
Age: 36y
birth of childJohann Jakob Beilstein Lützelbach, Hesse Germany ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1696 • In England, the ship HMS Royal Sovereign (formerly HMS Sovereign of the Seas, 1638) catches fire and burns at Chatham, after 57 years of service. |
1738
Jan 9
Age: 78y
| 1738 • Serse, an Italian opera by George Frideric Handel, premieres in London. |