1631
| 1631 • La Gazette, the first French newspaper, was founded. |
1653
Age: 22y
marriageAnne Bourne Plymouth, Devon, England ⇓ |
| 1653 • John Thurloe becomes Cromwell's head of intelligence. |
1668
Age: 37y
| 1668 • Isaac Newton builds the first reflecting telescope[http://books.google.com/books?id=32IDpTdthm4C&pg=PA67&lpg=PA67&dq=newton+reflecting+telescope++1668+letter+1669&source=bl&ots=PKABaGwPaN&sig=rPS8w23_nAp3kH5YMYGZ7JHhOaI&hl=en&ei=0QC1Svf7AsWb8Aa3nqGTDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5#v=onepage&q=newton%20reflecting%20telescope%20%201668%20letter%201669&f=false Isaac Newton: adventurer in thought, by Alfred Rupert Hall, page 67] (Newton's reflector). |
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Age: 85y
1716
Age: 85y
birth of childAndrew Bourne |
| 1716 • James Edward Stuart flees from Scotland to France with a handful of supporters following failure of the Jacobite rising of 1715. |
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Age: 41y
1672
Age: 41y
| 1672 • The Kingdom of France declares war on the Dutch Republic, invading the country on April 29. |
1672
Dec 13
| 1672 • John Maitland becomes Duke of Lauderdale and Earl of March. |