♂ John Bourne

1672 - 1721

 

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John Bourne
Parents
Andrew Bourne
Andrew Bourne
1650 - 1695
Spouse
Elizabeth Johnson
Elizabeth Johnson
1676 - 1760
Children
 

Timeline

1702


Oct 30
Age: 30y

1708


Age: 36y

birth of child


Christian Bourne
1708 Battle of Lesnaya (Great Northern War): Peter the Great of Russia defeats the forces of the Swedish Empire.

1713


Age: 41y

birth of child


Sarah Bourne
1713 • Tuscarora War: Fort Neoheroka falls to the Carolina militia, effectively ending the Tuscarora nation's military strength. Two Tuscaroran allies, the Machapunga and Coree tribes, continue offensive actions against North Carolina.

1715


Age: 43y

birth of child


Robert Bourne
1715 • A total solar eclipse is seen across southern England, Sweden and Finland (the last total eclipse visible in London for almost 900 years).

1716


Age: 44y

birth of child


Andrew Bourne
1716 James Edward Stuart flees from Scotland to France with a handful of supporters following failure of the Jacobite rising of 1715.

1717


Age: 45y

birth of child


Francis Bourne
1717 • François-Marie Arouet is sentenced to imprisonment in the Bastille for eleven months because of a satirical verse against the Régent of France and his infamous daughter Marie Louise Élisabeth d'Orléans who at the time was hiding an illegitimate pregnancy and soon to give birth;Jean-Michel Raynaud, Voltaire soi-disant, Presses Universitaires de Lille, 1983, vol.1, p.289 Arouet will emerge with the pseudonym Voltaire and the completed text of his first play, Œdipe.

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