1672
May 27
| 1672 • Third Anglo-Dutch War: The Kingdom of England declares war on the Dutch Republic. |
1759
Apr 24
Age: 86y
| 1759 • Churton Town, the Orange County, North Carolina county seat laid out in 1754, is renamed Childsburgh in honor of North Carolina attorney general Thomas Child. It is later renamed Hillsborough in 1766. |