Hannah Ann Brooks Fox
Parents
Henry Brooks
Henry Brooks
1592 - 1683
Grace Wheeler
Grace Wheeler
1600 - 1664
Spouse
Thomas Fox
Thomas Fox
???? - 1658
Children
Samuel Fox
Samuel Fox
1651 - 1727

1628

1628 September 8Eighty Years' War: Dutch admiral Piet Hein captures 16 ships of the Spanish treasure fleet in the Battle in the Bay of Matanzas. The immense booty taken brings in over 11 million guilders, part of which is used to fund the entire army of the Dutch republic for 8 months long.

1690


Age: 62y
1690 French physicist Denis Papin, while in Leipzig and having observed the mechanical power of atmospheric pressure on his 'digester', builds a working model of a reciprocating steam engine for pumping water, the first of its kind, though not efficient.

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