1642
1642 • First English Civil War – Battle of Turnham Green: The Royalist forces withdraw in face of the Parliamentarian army and fail to take London. |
about
Age: 21y
1663
Age: 21y
marriageRebecca Odell New England, Connecticut, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
1663 • Severe frost in England. |
1666
Age: 24y
birth of childThomas Morehouse 1 Source ⇓ |
1666 • Mughal forces of Emperor Aurangzeb, in alliance with the Portuguese, under Shaista Khan and his son Buzurg Umed Khan expel the Arakans from the Bengal port city of Chittagong, renaming the city as Islamabad. |
1675
Age: 33y
occupationFairfield, Connecticut, USA ⇓ Lieutenant and County Marshall from 1675 to 1687. 1 Source ⇓ |
1675 • Antonie van Leeuwenhoek begins to use a microscope for observing human tissues and liquids. |
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 • 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. |
1687
Age: 45y
1687 • Emperor Higashiyama succeeds Emperor Reigen on the throne of Japan. |
burialFairfield, Connecticut, USA ⇓ At the Old Burying Ground in Fairfield. His is the oldest stone in the whole ground. 1 Source ⇓ |