Founded the Old Tennant Church, came from Scotland.
1656
| 1656 • The ship Vergulde Draeck is wrecked off Ledge Point, Western Australia after it departs the Cape of Good Hope; rescue missions fail to find survivors. |
1691
Jan 6
Age: 35y
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birth of childMargaret Kerr 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1691 • The Spanish inquisition condemns and forcibly baptizes 219 xuetas in Palma, Majorca. When 37 try to escape the island, they are burned alive at the stake. |
1748
Jun 10
Age: 92y
| 1748 • Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock publishes the first three cantos of his epic poem Der Messias in hexameters (anonymously) in Bremer Beiträge (Leipzig). |