1664
Jun 15
| 1664 • Surrounded by a Berber army, the French Navy evacuates the presidio of Jijel (in modern-day Algeria) conquered in June. |
1693
Age: 28y
| 1693 • Dimitrie Cantemir presents his Kitâbu 'İlmi'l-Mûsiki alâ Vechi'l-Hurûfât (The Book of the Science of Music through Letters) to Sultan Ahmed II, which deals with melodic and rhythmic structure and practice of Ottoman music and contains the scores for around 350 works composed during and before his own time in an alphabetical notation system he invented. |
1705
May 6
Age: 40y
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birth of childMary Lester New London, Connecticut, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1705 • Anne, Queen of Great Britain honours Isaac Newton with a Knight Bachelor |