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1665
| 1665 • Joan Blaeu completes publication of his Atlas Maior (Theatrum Orbis Terrarum) in Amsterdam. |
1686
Age: 21y
| 1686 • A hurricane saves Charleston, South Carolina, from attack by Spanish vessels. |
1700
May 13
Age: 35y
birth of childPeter Chapman New London, Connecticut, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1700 • Louis XIV accepts the Spanish crown on behalf of his grandson Philip of Anjou, who becomes Philip V of Spain (to 1746), thus triggering the War of the Spanish Succession in 1701. |
1758
Nov 2
Age: 93y
| 1758 • Seven Years' War – Battle of Krefeld: Anglo-Hanoverian forces under Ferdinand of Brunswick defeat the French. |