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1672
| 1672 • John Maitland becomes Duke of Lauderdale and Earl of March. |
1702
Oct 30
Age: 30y
marriageElizabeth Johnson Virginia, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1702 • English troops plunder St. Augustine in Spanish Florida. |
1707
Sep
Age: 35y
birth of childJohn Bourne Jr. Fredericksburg, Virginia, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1707 • Death of Aurangzeb precipitates disintegration of Mughal Empire in India. |
1708
Age: 36y
birth of childChristian 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 childSarah 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 childRobert 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 childAndrew 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 childFrancis 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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Age: 47y
1719
Age: 47y
| 1719 • Battle of Glen Shiel: British forces defeat the Jacobites and their Spanish allies. |
1721
Jun 29
Age: 49y
| 1721 • The Treaty of Nystad is signed, ending the Great Northern War. |