1703
| 1703 • Edirne event: Sultan Mustafa II of the Ottoman Empire is dethroned. |
1710
Age: 7y
| 1710 • In Sweden, the Royal Society of Sciences in Uppsala is founded as the Collegium curiosorum. |
1724
Nov 22
Age: 21y
marriageRobert Van Deusen Kingston, New York, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1724 • King Philip V of Spain abdicates the throne in favour of his 16-year old son Louis I. |
1812
May 9
Age: 109y
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birth of childJames Van Deusen Kinderhook, Columbia, New York, USA ⇓ 4 Sources ⇓ |
| 1812 • Luddites attack the wool processing factory of Frank Vickerman in West Yorkshire. |
1764
Apr 21
Age: 61y
| 1764 • English scholar Edward Gibbon conceives the idea of writing The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire "as I sat musing amid the ruins of the Capitol". |