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1615
| 1615 • The Somers Isles Company is founded to administer Bermuda. |
1645
Age: 30y
| 1645 • Battle of Philiphaugh: Covenanters defeat Montrose at Selkirk. |
1646
Feb 3
Age: 31y
| 1646 • Joseph Jenkes, in Massachusetts, receives the first colonial machine patent. |
1646
Feb 3
Age: 31y
| 1646 • First English Civil War – The Battle of Great Torrington, Devon, the last major battle of the conflict, is fought. |
1681
Jan 15
Age: 66y
| 1681 • Charles II of England grants a land charter to William Penn for the area that will later become Pennsylvania. |