1701
Dec 28
| 1701 • In Japan, the young daimyo Asano Naganori is ordered to commit seppuku (ritual suicide). A group of 47 samurai of his service begin planning to avenge his death. |
1737
Age: 34y
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birth of childAbraham Van Buren Albany, New York, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1737 • Lancaster County Prison, Lancaster, Pennsylvania is first constructed in response to the seven violent years preceding of the ongoing Cresap's War in the Maryland-Pennsylvania boundary dispute and war. |
1766
Age: 63y
| 1766 • The last Colonial governor of New Jersey, William Franklin, signs the charter of Queen's College (later renamed Rutgers University). |