1721 • José de Azlor y Virto de Vera, Marquis of San Miguel de Aguayo and governor of Spanish Texas, establishes the fort of Presidio La Bahía at its original location on the ruins of the failed French Fort Saint Louis.

1715

Oct 24

baptism

West Camp, Ulster County, New York, USA ⇓
1 Source ⇓

1715 • James Edward Stuart rejoins Jacobite rebels in Scotland but fails to rouse his army.

Nov 10
Age: 17y

Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓
Host Tulpenhocken Church
3 Sources ⇓

1738 • Holy Royal Arch is founded.

Nov 10
Age: 17y

Lazarus Wengert
Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓
Married at Host Tulpenhocken Church.
3 Sources ⇓

1738 • Black Forest clockmaker Franz Ketterer produces one of the earliest cuckoo clocks.

Age: 25y

Jacob Winger
Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓
2 Sources ⇓

1747 • War of the Austrian Succession: Spanish troops invade and occupy the coastal towns of Beaufort and Brunswick in the Royal Colony of North Carolina during what becomes known as the Spanish Alarm. They are later driven out by the local militia.

Age: 75y

Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓
2 Sources ⇓

1797 • The Treaty of Tripoli (a peace treaty between the United States and Tripoli) is signed at Algiers (see also 1796).