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1672
Oct 19
| 1672 • Münster and Cologne begin their invasion of the Dutch Republic; hence 1672 becomes known as het rampjaar ("the disaster year") in the Netherlands. |
1697
Age: 24y
| 1697 • Battle of Zenta – Prince Eugene of Savoy crushes the Ottoman army of Mustafa II and effectively ends Turkish hopes of recovering lost ground in Hungary. |
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 • The Riksdag of the Estates recognizes Ulrika Eleonora's claim to the Swedish throne, after she has agreed to sign a new Swedish constitution. Thus, she is recognized as Queen regnant of Sweden. |
1755
Sep 26
Age: 82y
| 1755 • The brine shrimp Artemia salina is first described, in Linnaeus' Systema Naturæ. |