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1673
Mar 4
1694
Apr 5
Age: 21y
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marriageHannah Starling Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1694 • The Bank of England is founded through Royal charter by the Whig-dominated Parliament of England following a proposal by the Scottish merchant William Paterson to raise capital by offering safe and steady returns of interest guaranteed by future taxes. A total of £1.2 million is raised for the war effort against Louis XIV by the end of the year to establish the first-ever government debt. |
1695
May 7
Age: 22y
| 1695 • English pirate Henry Every perpetrates one of the most profitable raids in history with the capture of the Grand Mughal ship Ganj-i-Sawai. In response, Emperor Aurangzeb threatens to put an end to all English trading in India. |
1710
Age: 36y
residenceHaverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA ⇓ Josiah Heath Jr. is listed in Haverhill, MA as as "one of the soldiers to be supplied with snow shoes to be prepared to protect the town from Indians." 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1710 • In Sweden, the Royal Society of Sciences in Uppsala is founded as the Collegium curiosorum. |
1717
May 16
Age: 44y
residenceHaverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA ⇓ "Josiah Heath Junior of Haverhill for six pounds received of my Son in Law John Davis of the same place, sells him one and a half acres of land in Haverhill, bounded on Wm Whiticker, 16 May 1717; witnesses Hannah Heath, Benjamin Emerson" 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1717 • Dancer John Weaver performs in the first ballet in Britain, shown at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, The Loves of Mars and Venus. |