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1640
birthEngland ⇓ In a New London court case in 1695, Thomas Munsell gave his age as 55, so born in 1639 or 1640. 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1640 • The first university in Finland, the Academy of Åbo, is founded in Turku. |
1681
Age: 41y
| 1681 • Charles II of England grants a land charter to William Penn for the area that will later become Pennsylvania. |
1690
Age: 50y
| 1690 • The only issue of Publick Occurrences is published in Boston, Massachusetts, before being suppressed by the colonial authorities. |
1690
Aug 19
Age: 50y
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birth of childJohn Munselle Lyme, New London, Connecticut, USA ⇓ 4 Sources ⇓ |
| 1690 • Arsenije III Carnojevic, Patriarch of Serbia, leads the first of the two Great Serbian Migrations into the Habsburg Empire, following Ottoman atrocities in Kosovo. |
1712
Age: 72y
| 1712 • Sweden temporarily adopts February 30 as a day to adjust the Swedish Calendar back to the Julian calendar. |