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1672
| 1672 • Münster and Cologne begin their invasion of the Dutch Republic; hence 1672 becomes known as het rampjaar ("the disaster year") in the Netherlands. |
1702
Oct 30
Age: 30y
marriageElizabeth Johnson Virginia, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1702 • Battle of Klissow: Charles XII of Sweden decisively defeats the Polish–Lithuanian-Saxon army. |
1707
Sep
Age: 35y
birth of childJohn Bourne Jr. Fredericksburg, Virginia, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1707 • The first British Governor of Gibraltar, directly appointed by Queen Anne, Roger Elliott, takes up his residence in the Convent of the Franciscan Friars. |
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Age: 36y
1708
Age: 36y
birth of childChristian Bourne |
| 1708 • Italian philosopher Giambattista Vico delivers his inaugural lecture to the University of Naples, published as his first book, On the Study Methods of Our Time, in 1709. |
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Age: 41y
1713
Age: 41y
birth of childSarah Bourne |
| 1713 • Skirmish at Bender |
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Age: 43y
1715
Age: 43y
birth of childRobert Bourne |
| 1715 • Application of Nueva Planta decrees in Majorca and the other Balearic Islands formerly under the Crown of Aragon bringing them under the laws of the Crown of Castile. |
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Age: 44y
1716
Age: 44y
birth of childAndrew Bourne |
| 1716 • Two regular companies of field artillery, each 100 men strong, are raised at Woolwich by Royal Warrant of King George I of Great Britain. |
1717
Age: 45y
birth of childFrancis Bourne |
| 1717 • Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, wife of the British ambassador to Istanbul, has her son inoculated. |
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Age: 47y
1719
Age: 47y
| 1719 • Miners in Falun, Sweden find the apparently petrified body of Fet-Mats Israelsson in an unused part of the copper mine. |
1721
Jun 29
Age: 49y
| 1721 • Pope Innocent XIII succeeds Pope Clement XI as the 244th pope. |