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1680
| 1680 • Pueblo Revolt: Pueblo Indians capture Santa Fe (New Mexico) from the Spanish. |
1740
Nov 18
Age: 60y
birth of childMary Etta Brown New Jersey, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1740 • 22 – Batavia massacre: Troops of the Dutch East India Company massacre 5,000–10,000 Chinese Indonesians in Batavia.[http://www.nationaalarchief.nl/amh/detail.aspx?page=dafb&lang=en&id=1897#tab0 image: Bird's eye view of Batavia showing the massacre of the Chinese] |
1760
May 2
Age: 80y
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willTewksbury, Hunterdon, New Jersey, USA ⇓ He mentions his wife Margaret, and in his will David Carlisle is an executor. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1760 • The British Royal Navy ship HMS Royal Katherine runs aground off Bolt Head in England with the loss of 699 lives. |
1764
Age: 84y
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deathSomerset County, New Jersey, USA ⇓ His will was proved that year. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1764 • English scholar Edward Gibbon conceives the idea of writing The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire "as I sat musing amid the ruins of the Capitol". |