Martin Cornelissen Van Buren
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Cristyna Van Buren
1644 - 1729

1638

1638 • Construction begins on the Red Fort in Delhi (India) for Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan who is transferring his capital there from Agra.

1662


Age: 24y
1662 John Winthrop the Younger, the son of the first governor of Massachusetts, is honoured by being made a fellow of the Royal Society, England's new scientific society. Winthrop uses his election to the Society to gain access to the king, who grants him a new charter uniting the colonies of Connecticut and New Haven.
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1670


Age: 32y
1670 Louis XIV of France authorises work to commence on the construction of Les Invalides a veterans hospital in Paris.

1703


Nov 13
Age: 65y
1703 July 31Daniel Defoe is placed in a pillory, then imprisoned for four months for the crime of seditious libel, after publishing his politically satirical pamphlet The Shortest Way with the Dissenters (1702) (his release is granted in mid-November).

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