1653
Jan 1
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birthMedfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA ⇓ Abiel was John Wight's only child, and he died shortly before she was born. Abiel's mother would later marry Isaac Bullard, and have a large family. 4 Sources ⇓ |
| 1653 • Marcello Malpighi becomes a doctor of medicine. |
1673
May 6
Age: 20y
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marriageSamuel Manning Billerica, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1673 • In America, trader Louis Joliet and Jesuit missionary-explorer Jacques Marquette begin exploring the Mississippi River and the Great Lakes. |
1675
Mar 28
Age: 22y
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birth of childHannah Manning Billerica, Massachusetts, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1675 • King Charles II of England places the foundation stone of the Royal Greenwich Observatory in London; construction begins. |
1713
Jul 3
Age: 60y
| 1713 • Tuscarora War: Colonel James Moore's Carolina militia lays siege to the Tuscaroran stronghold of Fort Neoheroka, located a few miles up Contentnea Creek from Fort Hancock. |