1655
| 1655 • New Amsterdam and Peter Stuyvesant bar colonial Jews from military service. |
1655
Feb 18
Age: 2m
| 1655 • The massacre of the Waldensians by Charles Emmanuel II, Duke of Savoy, memorialized in a poem. |
1682
Age: 27y
marriageJoanne Hughes 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1682 • The city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is founded by William Penn. |
1722
May 2
Age: 67y
| 1722 • Edenton is incorporated as the county seat of Chowan County, North Carolina. The governor and assembly of North Carolina move to Edenton, making it the de facto capital of North Carolina until 1746, when the government is moved to New Bern. |