Among the first in New London, John Elderkin kept the inn there. He built the first corn mills, and the first and second churches in New London and Norwich. In 1661 he constructed the very first merchant vessel ever built in New London, the “New London Tryall', for 200 pounds. Many mills, buildings, and bridges of the area were built by him.
1612
| 1612 • Galileo Galilei becomes the first astronomer to observe the planet Neptune when in conjunction with Jupiter, yet he mistakenly catalogues it as a fixed star because of its extremely slow motion along the ecliptic. Neptune is not truly discovered until 1846, about 234 years after Galileo first sights it with his telescope. |
1634
Age: 22y
| 1634 • Moses Amyraut's Traité de la predestination is published. |
1635
Age: 23y
birth of childPaltiah Elderkin 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1635 • Thirty Years' War – The Peace of Prague is signed, which ends the German civil war aspect of the conflict. |
1637
Age: 25y
immigrationUSA ⇓ He came first to Lynn and then to Dedham. |
| 1637 • Tulip mania collapses in the Dutch Republic. |
1687
Jun 23
Age: 75y
| 1687 • Emperor Higashiyama succeeds Emperor Reigen on the throne of Japan. |