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1726
| 1726 • Isaac Newton tells William Stukeley the story of how he developed his theory of gravity. |
1727
Feb 1
Age: 1y
christeningAlbany, New York, USA ⇓ At the first Dutch Reformed Church. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1727 • Première of Johann Sebastian Bach's St Matthew Passion (BWV 244b) at St. Thomas Church, Leipzig. |
1750
May 29
Age: 24y
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marriageJohannes Van Deusen Claverack, Columbia, New York, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1750 • Ahmad Shah Bahadur's army, retreating from Persia, reportedly loses 18,000 men near what is present-day Herat, Afghanistan from cold in a single night. |
1754
Sep 27
Age: 28y
birth of childGloude Van Deusen |
| 1754 • The Albany Congress of New England Colonies proposes an American Union. |
1757
Dec 27
Age: 32y
birth of childCornelis Van Deusen |
| 1757 • Robert Wood publishes The ruins of Balbec, otherwise Heliopolis in Coelosyria in English and French, making the ancient city of Baalbek in Syria known to the West. |
1759
Aug 15
Age: 33y
birth of childAriaentje Van Deusen |
| 1759 • Battle of Pondicherry: An inconclusive naval battle is fought off the coast of India between the French Admiral d'Aché and the British under George Pocock. The French forces are badly damaged and sail home, never to return. |
1761
Nov 14
Age: 35y
birth of childJohn Van Deusen |
| 1761 • l'Ordre des Chevaliers Maçons Élus Coëns de l'Univers is founded. |
1764
Jul 12
Age: 38y
birth of childJacobus Van Deusen Claverack, Columbia, New York, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
1803
Age: 77y
birth of childJohn V Van Deusen |
| 1803 • The L'Aigle meteorite falls in Normandy, causing a shift in scientific opinion on the origin of meteorites. |
1767
Oct 14
Age: 41y
| 1767 • Pitcairn Island in the Pacific Ocean is sighted from HMS Swallow by 15-year-old Midshipman Robert Pitcairn on a British Royal Navy expeditionary voyage commanded by Philip Carteret, the first definite European sighting. |