1713
Feb 28
| 1713 • French residents of Acadia given one year to declare allegiance to Britain or leave Nova Scotia. |
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 • August 14 – Vitus Bering sails northward from the Kamchatka Peninsula, through the Bering Strait, and round Cape Dezhnev. |
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 • The North Carolina General Assembly incorporates the town of Newton as Wilmington, North Carolina, named for Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington, and patron of Royal Governor Gabriel Johnston. |
1764
May
Age: 51y
| 1764 • Immanuel Kant - Observations on the Feeling of the Beautiful and Sublime (Beobachtungen über das Gefühl des Schönen und Erhabenen) |