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1636
Jul
| 1636 • The first American ancestor of John Adams, Henry Adams, emigrates to Massachusetts. |
1656
Jul 1
Age: 20y
marriageHeinrich Ruehl Wallau, Hessen-Darmstadt, Prussia ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1656 • Treaty of Labiau is signed between Charles X Gustav of Sweden and Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg. |
1657
Nov 8
Age: 21y
birth of childAnna Catherine Ruehl Wallau, Hessen-Darmstadt, Prussia ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1657 • Christiaan Huygens writes the first book to be published on probability theory, De ratiociniis in ludo aleae ("On Reasoning in Games of Chance"). |
1686
Age: 49y
| 1686 • A hurricane saves Charleston, South Carolina, from attack by Spanish vessels. |
1686
Jun 9
| 1686 • English historian and naturalist Robert Plot publishes The Natural History of Staffordshire, a collection of illustrations and texts detailing the history of the county. It is the first document known to mention crop circles and a double sunset. |