♂ William Morton

1610

 

Sir, Knight

William Morton
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John Morton Sr.
John Morton Sr.
1655 - 1722

King Charles II granted a large tract of land in the Northern Neck of Virginia to some of his followers, among them Sir William Morton. Sir William sent to America a son who represented his fathers interests and became the founder of one line of the Morton families in America.

 

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1610

1610 • The Manchu tribal leader Nurhaci breaks his relations with the Ming Dynasty of China, then under the aloof and growingly negligent Wanli Emperor; Nurhaci's line later becomes the emperors of the Qing Dynasty which overthrows the short-lived Shun Dynasty in 1644 and the remnants of the Ming throne in 1662.

1655


Age: 45y
1655 • The Bibliotheca Thysiana is erected, the only surviving 17th century example in the Netherlands of a building designed as a library.

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