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1665
| 1665 • The English poet John Milton popularizes the Chinese sailing carriage in a famous poem; this peculiar Chinese invention was first written of in the West by Abraham Ortelius in his atlas of 1584. |
1686
Age: 21y
| 1686 • In Greece, Ottoman-occupied Morea (i.e., the Peloponnese) falls to the Venetians. |
1700
May 13
Age: 35y
birth of childPeter Chapman New London, Connecticut, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1700 • Battle of Olkieniki, Lithuanian Civil War: victory for the anti-Sapieha coalition. |
1758
Nov 2
Age: 93y
| 1758 • Seven Years' War – Battle of Krefeld: Anglo-Hanoverian forces under Ferdinand of Brunswick defeat the French. |