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1672
Oct 19
| 1672 • French forces under king Louis XIV cross the Rhine into the Netherlands. The city of Utrecht is occupied by the French Army. |
1697
Age: 24y
| 1697 • St Paul's Cathedral is opened in London. |
1712
Jun 29
Age: 39y
baptismNew London, New London, Connecticut ⇓ At the First Church of Christ. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1712 • Battle of Villmergen: Reformed cantons of Switzerland defeat the Catholic cantons. |
1719
Apr 5
Age: 46y
| 1719 • The Riksdag of the Estates recognizes Ulrika Eleonora's claim to the Swedish throne, after she has agreed to sign a new Swedish constitution. Thus, she is recognized as Queen regnant of Sweden. |
1755
Sep 26
Age: 82y
| 1755 • Joseph Black describes his discovery of carbon dioxide ("fixed air") and magnesium in a paper to the Philosophical Society of Edinburgh.Published 1756. |