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1645
| 1645 • English Civil War: Oliver Cromwell is confirmed as the Lieutenant-General of the Cavalry. |
1668
Age: 23y
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marriageBenjamin Atwell New England, Connecticut, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1668 • Isaac Newton builds the first reflecting telescope[http://books.google.com/books?id=32IDpTdthm4C&pg=PA67&lpg=PA67&dq=newton+reflecting+telescope++1668+letter+1669&source=bl&ots=PKABaGwPaN&sig=rPS8w23_nAp3kH5YMYGZ7JHhOaI&hl=en&ei=0QC1Svf7AsWb8Aa3nqGTDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5#v=onepage&q=newton%20reflecting%20telescope%20%201668%20letter%201669&f=false Isaac Newton: adventurer in thought, by Alfred Rupert Hall, page 67] (Newton's reflector). |
1672
Oct 19
Age: 27y
birth of childMary Atwell New London, Connecticut, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1672 • William III of Orange is appointed Stadtholder of Holland and Zeeland on July 16. |
1714
Jan 29
Age: 69y
| 1714 • Archbishop Tenison's School, the world's earliest surviving mixed gender school, is established by Thomas Tenison, Archbishop of Canterbury, in Croydon, south of London, England. |