1642
| 1642 • The village of Bro (Broo) in Sweden is granted the city rights for the second time and takes the name Kristinehamn (literally "Christina's port") after the present Swedish monarch, Queen Christina. |
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Age: 21y
1663
Age: 21y
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marriageRebecca Odell New England, Connecticut, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1663 • Robert Hooke discovers that cork is made of "tiny little rooms" which he first calls "Cells".Micrographia (1665). |
1666
Age: 24y
birth of childThomas Morehouse 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1666 • Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer paints The Art of Painting, his largest and most complex work. |
1675
Age: 33y
occupationFairfield, Connecticut, USA ⇓ Lieutenant and County Marshall from 1675 to 1687. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1675 • Cassini discovers Saturn's Cassini Division. |
1687
Dec 9
Age: 46y
willFairfield, Connecticut, USA ⇓ Mentions wife, sons Samuel, Thomas (Exec'r), John, Daniel (land in Concord field), James; daughters Rebecca, Elizabeth, Hannah, Mary, Ann, last three under eighteen. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1687 • Battle of Mohács: imperial army under Charles V, Duke of Lorraine defeats the Ottoman Turks and enables Austria to conquer most of Ottoman-occupied Hungary. |
1687
Age: 45y
| 1687 • Isaac Newton's Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica, known as the Principia, is published by the Royal Society of London. In it, Newton describes his theory of universal gravitation, explains the laws of mechanics and gives a formula for the speed of sound. The writing of Principia Mathematica ushers in a tidal wave of changes in thought, significantly accelerating the scientific revolution by providing new and practical intellectual tools and becomes the foundation of modern physics. |
burialFairfield, Connecticut, USA ⇓ At the Old Burying Ground in Fairfield. His is the oldest stone in the whole ground. 1 Source ⇓ |