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1676
| 1676 • The French East India Company founds its principal Indian base at Pondicherry, on the Coromandel Coast. |
1699
Dec 17
Age: 24y
| 1699 • The Edinburgh Gazette is first published. |
1708
Oct 9
Age: 32y
| 1708 • James Francis Edward Stuart, Jacobite pretender to the throne of Great Britain, unsuccessfully tries to land from a French fleet in the Firth of Forth in Scotland. |