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1714
| 1714 • Louis Juchereau de St. Denis establishes Fort St. Jean Baptiste at the site of present day Natchitoches, Louisiana (the first permanent European settlement in the Louisiana Territory, after Biloxi (1699) and Mobile, Alabama (1702) were separated). |
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Age: 25y
1739
Age: 25y
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marriagePhiladelphia Foster 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1739 • The Foundling Hospital is created in London by royal charter. |
1786
Jun 5
Age: 72y
deathOrange County, Virginia, USA ⇓ He was a planter of St. Thomas Parish. 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1786 • The town of Martinsborough, North Carolina, itself named for Royal Governor Josiah Martin in 1771, is renamed "Greenesville" in honor of United States General Nathanael Greene by the North Carolina General Assembly; the name "Greenesville" is later shortened to become Greenville. |