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1660
| 1660 • John Thurloe is reinstated as England's Secretary of State, having been deprived of his offices late in the previous year. |
1695
Age: 35y
| 1695 • After 23 years of construction, Spain completes Castillo de San Marcos to protect St. Augustine, Florida, from foreign threats. |
1696
Jan 24
Age: 36y
birth of childJohann Jakob Beilstein Lützelbach, Hesse Germany ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1696 • In England, the ship HMS Royal Sovereign (formerly HMS Sovereign of the Seas, 1638) catches fire and burns at Chatham, after 57 years of service. |
1738
Jan 9
Age: 78y
| 1738 • Pierre Louis Maupertuis publishes Sur la figure de la terre, which confirms Newton's view that the earth is an oblate spheroid slightly flattened at the poles. |