Jeremy Adams was one of the founding members of Hartford, Connecticut, and was official constable and inn-keeper of the colony. His inn was used for meetings of the legislative body of the colony, on what is now mainstreet in Hartford. A ridge called "Jeremy's Black" and a river "Jeremy's River" are both named after him. (Located near Colchester, Connecticut.)
1605
1605 • Spanish troops of General Spinola occupy Wachtendonk. |
1632
Age: 27y
1632 • Antigua and Barbuda is first colonized by England. |
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Age: 32y
1637
Age: 32y
marriageRebecca Baseden 2 Sources ⇓ |
1637 • Scottish army officer Robert Monro publishes Monro, His Expedition With the Worthy Scots Regiment Called Mac-Keys in London, the first military history in English. |
1638
Aug 26
Age: 33y
birth of childJohn Adams Hartford, Connecticut, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
1638 • A mercenary army under Bernard de Saxe-Weimar fighting for France defeats imperial forces at the Battle of Rheinfelden. |
1683
Aug 11
Age: 78y
1683 • Battle of Vienna: The Ottoman siege of the city is broken with the arrival of a force of 70,000 Polish, Austrians and Germans under Polish-Lithuanian king Jan III Sobieski, whose cavalry turns their flank (considered to be the turning point in the Ottoman Empire's fortunes). |