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1695
May 7
| 1695 • English pirate Henry Every perpetrates one of the most profitable raids in history with the capture of the Grand Mughal ship Ganj-i-Sawai. In response, Emperor Aurangzeb threatens to put an end to all English trading in India. |
1715
Jun 29
Age: 20y
1717
May 16
Age: 22y
residenceHaverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA ⇓ "Josiah Heath Junior of Haverhill for six pounds received of my Son in Law John Davis of the same place, sells him one and a half acres of land in Haverhill, bounded on Wm Whiticker, 16 May 1717; witnesses Hannah Heath, Benjamin Emerson" 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1717 • François-Marie Arouet is sentenced to imprisonment in the Bastille for eleven months because of a satirical verse against the Régent of France and his infamous daughter Marie Louise Élisabeth d'Orléans who at the time was hiding an illegitimate pregnancy and soon to give birth;Jean-Michel Raynaud, Voltaire soi-disant, Presses Universitaires de Lille, 1983, vol.1, p.289 Arouet will emerge with the pseudonym Voltaire and the completed text of his first play, Œdipe. |
1722
Feb 5
Age: 26y
| 1722 • Battle of Gulnabad in Persia: Pashtun people of Afghanistan led by Mahmud Hotaki decisively defeat forces of the Persian Safavid dynasty, precipitating its fall. |
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Age: 60y
1756
Age: 60y
deathMassachusetts, USA ⇓ It can be assumed that she died before the date of her husband's will, in which he mentions his second wife Sarah. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1756 • Seven Years' War – Siege of Fort St Philip at Port Mahon: The British garrison in Minorca surrenders to the French after two months' siege by Armand de Vignerot du Plessis. |