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1638
| 1638 • Scottish Covenanters meet at Muchalls Castle to compose responses to the Bishops of Aberdeen. |
1663
Age: 25y
| 1663 • Robert Hooke discovers that cork is made of "tiny little rooms" which he first calls "Cells".Micrographia (1665). |
1675
Jul 18
Age: 37y
birth of childJohann Martin Rettig Beedenkirchen, Germany ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1675 • King Charles II of England places the foundation stone of the Royal Greenwich Observatory in London; construction begins. |
after
Age: 40y
1678
Age: 40y
| 1678 • Titus Oates begins to present allegations of the Popish Plot, a supposed Roman Catholic conspiracy to assassinate king Charles II of England. Oates applies the term Tory to those who disbelieve his allegations. |