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1670
| 1670 • Pope Clement X succeeds Pope Clement IX as the 239th pope. |
1701
Dec 28
Age: 32y
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birth of childMarten Pieterse Van Buren 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1701 • Death of King James VII and II (1633–1701) in exile. His supporters, the Jacobites, turn to his son James Francis Edward Stuart (1688–1766), later called "The Old Pretender", whom they recognise as James VIII and III. |
1737
Age: 67y
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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. |
1737
Age: 67y
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birth of childAbraham Van Buren Albany, New York, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1737 • The planet Venus passes in front of Mercury. The event is witnessed during the evening hours by the amateur astronomer John Bevis at the Royal Greenwich Observatory. As of 2006, it is still the only such planet/planet occultation that has been directly observed. |