1640
1640 • The first known European coffee house opens in Venice. |
1668
Age: 28y
1668 • Bishop Isaac Barrow founds the Bishop Barrow Trust to establish a university on the Isle of Man (King William's College). |
1672
Oct 19
Age: 32y
birth of childMary Atwell New London, Connecticut, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
1672 • The Kingdom of France declares war on the Dutch Republic, invading the country on April 29. |
1683
Age: 43y
1683 • Germantown, Philadelphia is founded as the first permanent German settlement in North America (in 1983 U.S. President Ronald Reagan declares a 300th Year Celebration, and in 1987, it becomes an annual holiday, German-American Day). |