1713
Feb 28
| 1713 • Tuscarora War: Colonel James Moore's Carolina militia launches a major offensive against Fort Neoheroka. |
1728
Age: 14y
marriageEvan Watkins Her siblings names were Thomas, David, Peter, Jean, Ann, and Evan. She was second to youngest before Evan. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1728 • October 23 – The Copenhagen Fire of 1728 (the largest in the city's history) burns. |
about
Age: 26y
1740
Age: 26y
birth of childEleanor Watkins Watkins Ferry, Frederick, Virginia, USA ⇓ Her siblings names were Thomas, David, Peter, Jean, Ann, and Evan. She was second to youngest before Evan. 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1740 • 22 – Batavia massacre: Troops of the Dutch East India Company massacre 5,000–10,000 Chinese Indonesians in Batavia.[http://www.nationaalarchief.nl/amh/detail.aspx?page=dafb&lang=en&id=1897#tab0 image: Bird's eye view of Batavia showing the massacre of the Chinese] |
1764
May
Age: 51y
| 1764 • English scholar Edward Gibbon conceives the idea of writing The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire "as I sat musing amid the ruins of the Capitol". |