1680
May 7
1706
May 2
Age: 25y
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marriageJames Franklin 4 Sources ⇓ |
| 1706 • English Parliament establishes the first turnpike trusts which place a length of road under the control of trustees drawn from local landowners and traders. The turnpike trusts borrow capital for road maintenance against the security of tolls and this arrangement becomes the common method of road maintenance for the next 150 years. |
1709
Dec 16
Age: 29y
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birth of childJames Franklin 7 Sources ⇓ |
| 1709 • From London, ten ships leave for the New York Colony, carrying over 4,000 people. |
about
Age: 75y
1756
Age: 75y
| 1756 • December 14 The play Douglas is performed for the first time in Edinburgh, with overwhelming success, in spite of the opposition of the local church presbytery, who summoned Alexander Carlyle to answer for having attended its representation. However, it fails in its early promise to set up a new Scottish dramatic tradition. |