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1704
| 1704 • 26 – Apalachee massacre: English colonists from the Province of Carolina and their native allies stage a series of brutal raids against a largely pacific population of Apalachee in Spanish Florida. |
1731
Sep 11
Age: 27y
immigrationArrived on the ship the "Pennsylvania Merchant" |
| 1731 • Benjamin Franklin and fellow-subscribers start the Library Company of Philadelphia. |
1745
Dec
Age: 42y
birth of childPhilip Crick Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1745 • Battle of Prestonpans: British Government forces are defeated by the Jacobites in Scotland. |
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Age: 74y
1778
Age: 74y
| 1778 • Third voyage of James Cook: Captain James Cook, with ships HMS Resolution and HMS Discovery, first views Oahu then Kauai in the Hawaiian Islands of the Pacific Ocean, which he names the Sandwich Islands. |