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1672
| 1672 • John Maitland becomes Duke of Lauderdale and Earl of March. |
1702
Oct 30
Age: 30y
marriageElizabeth Johnson Virginia, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1702 • John Churchill is created duke of Marlborough. |
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 • War of the Spanish Succession: Capture of Minorca by British forces. |
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Age: 41y
1713
Age: 41y
birth of childSarah Bourne |
| 1713 • Ars Conjectandi, a seminal work on probability by Jakob Bernoulli is published eight years after his death, by his nephew, Niklaus Bernoulli. |
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Age: 43y
1715
Age: 43y
birth of childRobert Bourne |
| 1715 • The Battle of Sheriffmuir during the Jacobite rising in Scotland. Although the action is inconclusive, the forces of the Kingdom of Great Britain led by John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll, halt the Jacobite advance. |
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Age: 44y
1716
Age: 44y
birth of childAndrew Bourne |
| 1716 • Caroline of Ansbach, Princess of Wales, gives birth to a stillborn son in London. |
1717
Age: 45y
birth of childFrancis Bourne |
| 1717 • Casa de Contratación ("House of Trade") is set up in Cádiz. |
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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 • A suggestion box is developed under the eighth shogun of Japan, Yoshimune Tokugawa. |