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1672
Oct 19
| 1672 • French forces under king Louis XIV cross the Rhine into the Netherlands. The city of Utrecht is occupied by the French Army. |
1697
Age: 24y
| 1697 • Christopher Polhem starts Sweden's first technical school. |
1712
Jun 29
Age: 39y
baptismNew London, New London, Connecticut ⇓ At the First Church of Christ. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1712 • Peter the Great moves the capital of Russia from Moscow to St. Petersburg. |
1719
Apr 5
Age: 46y
| 1719 • Austrians are defeated in the Battle of Francavilla. |
1755
Sep 26
Age: 82y
| 1755 • A Dictionary of the English Language is published by Samuel Johnson (he had begun the work 9 years earlier, in 1746). |