1642
| 1642 • The citizens of Galway seize an English naval ship, close the town gates and declare support for Confederate Ireland. |
about
Age: 21y
1663
Age: 21y
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marriageRebecca Odell New England, Connecticut, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1663 • Severe frost in England. |
1666
Age: 24y
birth of childThomas Morehouse 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1666 • French traveller Jean-Baptiste Tavernier arrives in Dhaka and met Shaista Khan. |
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 • 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 • Suleiman II (d. 1691) succeeds the deposed Mehmed IV as Ottoman Emperor. |
burialFairfield, Connecticut, USA ⇓ At the Old Burying Ground in Fairfield. His is the oldest stone in the whole ground. 1 Source ⇓ |