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1672
Oct 19
| 1672 • Münster and Cologne begin their invasion of the Dutch Republic; hence 1672 becomes known as het rampjaar ("the disaster year") in the Netherlands. |
1697
Age: 24y
| 1697 • Charles XII of Sweden is crowned king at the age of 15. |
1712
Jun 29
Age: 39y
baptismNew London, New London, Connecticut ⇓ At the First Church of Christ. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1712 • Peter the Great moves the capital of Russia from Moscow to St. Petersburg. |
1719
Apr 5
Age: 46y
| 1719 • Daniel Defoe publishes Robinson Crusoe. |
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. |