Parents
Spouse
Children
1654
| 1654 • French mathematician, scientist, and religious philosopher Blaise Pascal experiences an intense mystical vision that marks him for life. |
about
Apr 28
Age: 25y
1679
Apr 28
Age: 25y
|
marriageElias Nuthall Virginia, USA ⇓ Elizabeth was the orphan of George Beckwith of Calvert County. They were married by the date shown. Elizabeth was the third of five children, four girls and one boy. 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1679 • The brigantine Le Griffon, commissioned by René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, is towed to the southern end of the Niagara River, to become the first ship to sail the upper Great Lakes. |
1697
Age: 43y
| 1697 • The Treaty of Ryswick signed by France and the Grand Alliance to end both the Nine Years' War and King William's War. The conflict having been inconclusive, the treaty is proposed because the combatants have exhausted their national treasuries. Louis XIV recognises William III as King of England & Scotland and both sides return territories they have taken in battle. In North America, the treaty returns Port Royal (Nova Scotia) to France. In practice, the treaty is little more than a truce; it does not resolve any of the fundamental colonial problems and the peace lasts only five years. |