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1673
Feb 16
| 1673 • In America, trader Louis Joliet and Jesuit missionary-explorer Jacques Marquette begin exploring the Mississippi River and the Great Lakes. |
1695
Feb 19
Age: 22y
marriageJohann Leonard Heist 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1695 • After 23 years of construction, Spain completes Castillo de San Marcos to protect St. Augustine, Florida, from foreign threats. |
1699
Apr 8
Age: 26y
| 1699 • Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville founds the first European settlement in the Mississippi River Valley, at Fort Maurepas (Ocean Springs, Mississippi). |
1746
Oct 29
Age: 73y
| 1746 • An earthquake demolishes Lima and Callao, in Peru. |