♀ Elizabeth Johnson

1676 - 1760

Elizabeth Johnson
Parents
Henry Johnson
Henry Johnson
1658 - 1702
Mary Taliaferro
Mary Taliaferro
1658 - 1695
Spouse
John Bourne
John Bourne
1672 - 1721
Children

1708


Age: 32y

birth of child


Christian Bourne
1708 • Calcareous hard-paste porcelain is produced for the first time in Europe at Dresden in Saxony by Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus and developed after his death (October) by Johann Friedrich Böttger.

1713


Age: 37y

birth of child


Sarah Bourne
1713 • Tuscarora War: Colonel James Moore's Carolina militia lays siege to the Tuscaroran stronghold of Fort Neoheroka, located a few miles up Contentnea Creek from Fort Hancock.

1715


Age: 39y

birth of child


Robert Bourne
1715 1715 Treasure Fleet: A Spanish treasure fleet of 10 ships under General Don Juan Ubilla leaves Havana, Cuba for Spain. Seven days later, nine of them sink in a storm off the coast of Florida (some centuries later, treasure salvage is found from these wrecks).

1716


Age: 40y

birth of child


Andrew Bourne
1716 John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, suffers a paralytic stroke.

1717


Age: 41y

birth of child


Francis Bourne
1717 • Dancer John Weaver performs in the first ballet in Britain, shown at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, The Loves of Mars and Venus.
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1719


Age: 43y
1719 • The Riksdag of the Estates recognizes Ulrika Eleonora's claim to the Swedish throne, after she has agreed to sign a new Swedish constitution. Thus, she is recognized as Queen regnant of Sweden.

1760


Age: 84y
1760 • Seven Years' War – French and Indian War & Anglo-Cherokee War: Cherokee natives attack a North Carolina militia stationed at Fort Dobbs in the western part of the province. The attack is repelled by the militia under the command of General Hugh Waddell.

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