1652 • First Anglo-Dutch War – Battle of the Kentish Knock: The battle is fought near the shoal called the Kentish Knock in the North Sea, about 30 km from the mouth of the River Thames.

1684

Mar 29
Age: 32y

marriage

Abigail Adams
Huntington, Long Island, New York, USA ⇓
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1684 • Marcantonio Giustinian is elected Doge of Venice.

Age: 33y

Edward Higbee III
Huntington, Long Island, New York, USA ⇓
1 Source ⇓

1685 • Fort St. Louis is established by a Frenchman at Matagorda Bay, thus forming the basis for France's claim to Texas.

Age: 65y

New Jersey, USA ⇓
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1717 • Most recent rupture of New Zealand's Alpine Fault with an earthquake estimated to have had a magnitude between 7.8 and 8.1.