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1709
Dec 16
| 1709 • Great Northern War: Battle of Poltava: In the Ukraine, Peter the Great, Tsar of Russia, defeats Charles XII of Sweden, thus effectively ending Sweden's role as a major power in Europe. |
1738
Apr 30
Age: 28y
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marriageHannah Tolman Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA ⇓ By Jus Bradford. James is described as being "of Providence." Hannah is described as being of "Barrington". 6 Sources ⇓ |
| 1738 • Black Forest clockmaker Franz Ketterer produces one of the earliest cuckoo clocks. |
1741
Oct 27
Age: 31y
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birth of childHenry J Franklin Attleboro, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1741 • John Edwards gives "Sinners in the hands of an Angry God" sermon |
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Age: 89y
1800
Age: 89y
| 1800 • Alessandro Volta describes his new invention, the voltaic pile, the first chemical battery, in a letter to the Royal Society of London. |