1715
Feb 10
| 1715 • A total solar eclipse is seen across southern England, Sweden and Finland (the last total eclipse visible in London for almost 900 years). |
1737
Jun 16
Age: 22y
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marriageJames Chaffee Woodstock, Connecticut, USA ⇓ Married by John Chandler, Justice of the Peace 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1737 • The direct male line of the Medici family becomes extinct with the death of Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany. |
1743
May 6
Age: 28y
birth of childDorothy Chaffee Woodstock, Connecticut, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1743 • In New France, Governor Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville ends his final term (multiple times over 43 years) as Governor of colonial French Louisiana, which he helped colonize; he is succeeded by the Marquis de Vaudreuil (for the next 10 years) and returns to France. |
1747
Nov 4
Age: 32y
eventWoodstock, Connecticut, USA ⇓ Beriah Chaffe, an heir of Reverend John Child of Woodstock, and James Chaffee, her husband, of the same town, with other heirs of John Child, sold land to Jacob Child of Woodstock for £415. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1747 • A combined French and Indian force, commanded by Captain Nicolas Antoine II Coulon de Villiers, attacks and defeats British troops at Grand-Pré, Nova Scotia. |
1758
Jun 24
Age: 43y
| 1758 • Seven Years' War – Battle of Krefeld: Anglo-Hanoverian forces under Ferdinand of Brunswick defeat the French. |