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1705
Nov 25
| 1705 • Construction begins on Blenheim Palace, in Oxfordshire, England. It is completed in 1724. |
1705
Nov 29
Age: 4d
| 1705 • Taichung City, Taiwan is founded as the village of Dadun. |
1723
Jun 22
Age: 17y
marriageJohann Jakob Beilstein Neunkirchen ⇓ |
| 1723 • The Province of Carolina incorporates Beaufort, North Carolina, as the "Port of Beaufort", making it the third incorporated town in the province. |
1730
Age: 24y
birth of childEva Elisabetha Beilstein Brandau, Dieburg, Hessen, Germany ⇓ 4 Sources ⇓ |
| 1730 • Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend, retires from his role in the government of Great Britain, leaving Robert Walpole as sole and undisputed leader of the Cabinet (i.e., prime minister). In the new Walpole Ministry, Sir William Strickland, 4th Baronet, becomes Secretary at War, and Henry Pelham is Paymaster of the Forces. Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington briefly becomes Lord Privy Seal. |
1777
Jul 20
Age: 71y
| 1777 • American Revolutionary War – British troops occupy Philadelphia; members of the Continental Congress flee to Lancaster, Pennsylvania. |