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1672
| 1672 • Third Anglo-Dutch War: The Kingdom of England declares war on the Dutch Republic. |
1702
Oct 30
Age: 30y
marriageElizabeth Johnson Virginia, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1702 • Siege of St. Augustine opens: English forces besiege St. Augustine in Spanish Florida. First major action in Queen Anne's War in North America. |
1707
Sep
Age: 35y
birth of childJohn Bourne Jr. Fredericksburg, Virginia, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1707 • Scilly naval disaster: four Royal Navy ships run aground in the Isles of Scilly because of faulty navigation. Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell and at least 1450 sailors all drown. |
1708
Age: 36y
birth of childChristian Bourne |
| 1708 • James Francis Edward Stuart, Jacobite pretender to the throne of Great Britain, unsuccessfully tries to land from a French fleet in the Firth of Forth in Scotland. |
1713
Age: 41y
birth of childSarah Bourne |
| 1713 • Tuscarora War: Fort Neoheroka falls to the Carolina militia, effectively ending the Tuscarora nation's military strength. Two Tuscaroran allies, the Machapunga and Coree tribes, continue offensive actions against North Carolina. |
1715
Age: 43y
birth of childRobert Bourne |
| 1715 • Ottoman–Venetian War (1714–18): The fall of Nauplion, the capital of the Venetian "Kingdom of the Morea", seals the fate of the Peloponnese peninsula, which is soon completely retaken by the Ottomans. |
1716
Age: 44y
birth of childAndrew Bourne |
| 1716 • Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend, is demoted from his office as Secretary of State for the Northern Department in the British government and replaced by James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope. |
1717
Age: 45y
birth of childFrancis Bourne |
| 1717 • Tatar invasions in Transylvania, with many towns devastated, including Cavnic, Sighet and Dej. |
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Age: 47y
1719
Age: 47y
| 1719 • Daniel Defoe publishes Robinson Crusoe. |
1721
Jun 29
Age: 49y
| 1721 • The Committee of Inquiry on the South Sea Bubble in England publishes its findings. |