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1696
Jan 24
| 1696 • William Penn offers an elaborate plan for intercolonial cooperation largely in trade, defense, and criminal matters. |
1723
Jun 22
Age: 27y
marriageAnna Elisabetha Rettich Neunkirchen ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1723 • The Province of Carolina incorporates Beaufort, North Carolina, as the "Port of Beaufort", making it the third incorporated town in the province. |
1730
Age: 33y
birth of childEva Elisabetha Beilstein Brandau, Dieburg, Hessen, Germany ⇓ 4 Sources ⇓ |
| 1730 • Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend, retires from his role in the government of Great Britain, leaving Robert Walpole as sole and undisputed leader of the Cabinet (i.e., prime minister). In the new Walpole Ministry, Sir William Strickland, 4th Baronet, becomes Secretary at War, and Henry Pelham is Paymaster of the Forces. Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington briefly becomes Lord Privy Seal. |
1759
Mar 21
Age: 63y
| 1759 • Churton Town, the Orange County, North Carolina county seat laid out in 1754, is renamed Childsburgh in honor of North Carolina attorney general Thomas Child. It is later renamed Hillsborough in 1766. |