1642
| 1642 • First English Civil War – Battle of Edgehill: Royalists and Parliamentarians battle to a draw. |
about
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 • This year contains all the Roman numerals used only once in order from the biggest to the smallest value (MDCLXVI = 1666). |
1675
Age: 33y
occupationFairfield, Connecticut, USA ⇓ Lieutenant and County Marshall from 1675 to 1687. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1675 • King Charles II of England places the foundation stone of the Royal Greenwich Observatory in London; construction begins. |
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 • Suleiman II (d. 1691) succeeds the deposed Mehmed IV as Ottoman Emperor. |
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 ⇓ |