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1697
| 1697 • Charles XII of Sweden is crowned king at the age of 15. |
1726
Aug 31
Age: 29y
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marriageJerusha Herrick Preston, Connecticut, USA ⇓ 4 Sources ⇓ |
| 1726 • Pirate Nicholas Brown captured near Xtabi, Jamaica |
1740
Aug 29
Age: 43y
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birth of childJerusha Hatch Preston, Connecticut, USA ⇓ 5 Sources ⇓ |
| 1740 • The North Carolina General Assembly incorporates the town of Newton as Wilmington, North Carolina, named for Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington, and patron of Royal Governor Gabriel Johnston. |
1751
Dec 18
Age: 55y
| 1751 • Swedish naturalist Carolus Linnaeus publishes his Philosophia Botanica, the first textbook of descriptive systematic botanical taxonomy and the first appearance of his binomial nomenclature. |