1667
Nov 22
| 1667 • Isaac Newton has investigated and written his works in subjects of optics, acoustics, the infinitesimal calculus, mechanism and thermodynamics. The researches themselves will be published only years later. |
1699
Dec 11
Age: 32y
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birth of childJerusha Herrick Preston, Connecticut, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1699 • Pirate Captain William Kidd is arrested and imprisoned in Boston, Massachusetts. |
1706
Jun 9
Age: 38y
| 1706 • English Parliament establishes the first turnpike trusts which place a length of road under the control of trustees drawn from local landowners and traders. The turnpike trusts borrow capital for road maintenance against the security of tolls and this arrangement becomes the common method of road maintenance for the next 150 years. |