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1672
Jan 22
| 1672 • French forces under king Louis XIV cross the Rhine into the Netherlands. The city of Utrecht is occupied by the French Army. |
1695
Feb 19
Age: 23y
marriageAnna Rosina Meister 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1695 • English pirate Henry Every perpetrates one of the most profitable raids in history with the capture of the Grand Mughal ship Ganj-i-Sawai. In response, Emperor Aurangzeb threatens to put an end to all English trading in India. |
1699
Apr 8
Age: 27y
| 1699 • The Edinburgh Gazette is first published. |
1737
Mar 12
Age: 65y
| 1737 • The planet Venus passes in front of Mercury. The event is witnessed during the evening hours by the amateur astronomer John Bevis at the Royal Greenwich Observatory. As of 2006, it is still the only such planet/planet occultation that has been directly observed. |