Jeremy Adams was one of the founding members of Hartford, Connecticut, and was official constable and inn-keeper of the colony. His inn was used for meetings of the legislative body of the colony, on what is now mainstreet in Hartford. A ridge called "Jeremy's Black" and a river "Jeremy's River" are both named after him. (Located near Colchester, Connecticut.)
1605
| 1605 • The Priory of St. Gregory's is founded at Douai, Flanders, at this time in the Spanish Netherlands, by its first prior, John Roberts, and other exiles, thus becoming the first English Benedictine house to renew conventual life after the English Reformation. More than two centuries later the community will establish Downside Abbey back in England. |
1632
Age: 27y
| 1632 • The Portuguese driven out of Bengal. |
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Age: 32y
1637
Age: 32y
marriageRebecca Baseden 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1637 • The Shimabara Rebellion erupts in Japan when 30,000 peasants in the heavily Catholic area of northern Kyūshū revolt. |
1638
Aug 26
Age: 33y
birth of childJohn Adams Hartford, Connecticut, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1638 • New Haven, the first planned city in America, is founded. |
1683
Aug 11
Age: 78y
