...date... age event
1646/--/-- 0 *** bayless, elizabeth - born to bayless, john and stillwell, rebecca jamaica, long island, ny
1646/--/-- 0 - flemish painter teniers the younger paints the village fete.
1646/--/-- 0 - spanish artist bartolome esteban murillo paints holy family with a bird.
1646/--/-- 0 - the english civil war ends when charles i surrenders to the parliamentarians.
1646/--/-- 0 - the swedes capture prague and invade bavaria with their french allies.
1647/--/-- 1 *** bayless, thomas [brother] - born to bayless, john and stillwell, rebecca jamaica, queens, ny
1647/--/-- 1 - charles i escapes from england and concludes a treaty with the scots.
1647/--/-- 1 - peter stuyvesant becomes governor of the dutch colony of the new netherlands.
1648/--/-- 2 - dutch architect jacob van campen designs the amsterdam city hall.
1648/--/-- 2 - frederick iii succeeds christian iv as king of denmark.
1648/--/-- 2 - george fox founds the society of friends (quakers) about this time.
1648/--/-- 2 - margaret jones becomes the first person executed as a witch in north america.
1648/--/-- 2 - naples is restored to spanish rule after a brief uprising.
1648/--/-- 2 - russian explorer semyon dezhnev discovers the bering strait.
1648/--/-- 2 - the dutch and swiss republics achieve independence.
1648/--/-- 2 - the english settle in the bahamas.
1648/--/-- 2 - the fronde revolt begins in france against anne of austria and cardinal mazarin.
1648/--/-- 2 - the scots renew the civil war but are defeated at preston; charles i is captured.
1648/--/-- 2 - the treaty of westphalia ends the thirty years' war.
1649/--/-- 3 - charles i is executed; the english commonwealth (republic) begins.
1649/--/-- 3 - french artist georges de la tour paints saint irene mourning saint sebastian.
1649/--/-- 3 - oliver cromwell suppresses a catholic rebellion in ireland.
1649/01/-- 3 - cromwellian interregnum begins.
1650/--/-- 4 *** bayless, jonathan [brother] - born to bayless, john and stillwell, rebecca long island, ny
1650/--/-- 4 - charles ii lands in scotland to renew the english civil war.
1650/--/-- 4 - dutch landscape artist aelbert cuyp paints the view of dordrecht.
1650/--/-- 4 - irish bishop james ussher establishes the date of creation at 4004 bc.
1650/--/-- 4 - oratorios become a popular form of musical performance in italy.
1650/--/-- 4 - the holy roman empire and sweden sign the treaty of nuremberg.
1650/--/-- 4 - the ukiyo-e school of art begins to flourish in japan about this time.
1650/--/-- 4 - the first coffeehouses are opened in london about this time.
1650/--/-- 4 - whaling becomes an important industry in new england about this time.
1651/--/-- 5 - charles ii is crowned by the scots; defeated at worcester, he escapes to france.
1651/--/-- 5 - navigation acts affecting colonies
1651/--/-- 5 - thomas hobbes publishes leviathan, a defense of absolute monarchy.
1652/--/-- 6 - cape town is founded by the dutch in south africa.
1652/--/-- 6 - the english navigation acts (1651) lead to the first anglo-dutch war.
1653/--/-- 7 - english writer izaak walton publishes the compleat angler.
1653/--/-- 7 - french composer jean baptiste lully writes the first minuet.
1653/--/-- 7 - louis xiv becomes known as the sun king after his role in the ballet de la nuit.
1653/--/-- 7 - oliver cromwell becomes the lord protector of england.
1654/--/-- 8 *** bayless, mary [sister] - born to bayless, john and stillwell, rebecca long island, ny
1654/--/-- 8 - blaise pascal and pierre de fermat collaborate on theories of probability.
1654/--/-- 8 - french philosopher blaise pascal joins the jansenist sect at port-royal.
1654/--/-- 8 - poland and russia are at war over possession of the ukraine.
1654/--/-- 8 - queen christina of sweden abdicates and becomes a roman catholic.
1654/--/-- 8 - the portuguese drive the dutch from brazil.
1654/--/-- 8 - the treaty of westminster ends the first anglo-dutch war.
1655/--/-- 9 - civil war, md (catholic & protestant)
1655/--/-- 9 - conquest of new sweden, dl
1655/--/-- 9 - dutch colonists under peter stuyvesant seize swedish settlements in delaware.
1655/--/-- 9 - the english capture jamaica from spain.
1655/--/-- 9 - the little northern war begins with sweden invading poland and capturing warsaw.
1656/--/-- 10 *** bayless, demares [brother] - born to bayless, john and stillwell, rebecca jamaica, queens, ny
1656/--/-- 10 - diego velazquez paints the maids of honor at the court of spain.
1656/--/-- 10 - dutch philosopher baruch spinoza is expelled from the synagogue at amsterdam.
1656/--/-- 10 - dutch philosopher christiaan huygens patents the first pendulum clock.
1656/--/-- 10 - england joins france in the war against spain.
1656/--/-- 10 - italian artist and architect giovanni bernini designs the piazza of st. peter's, rome.
1656/--/-- 10 - quaker persecution, mass, va, conn
1656/--/-- 10 - the holy roman empire, russia and denmark declare war on sweden.
1657/--/-- 11 - otto von guericke demonstrates that it is possible for a vacuum to exist.
1657/--/-- 11 - the swedes attack denmark and besiege copenhagen.
1658/--/-- 12 *** bayless, abigail [sister] - born to bayless, john and stillwell, rebecca jamaica, queens, ny
1658/--/-- 12 - aurangzeb deposes his father shah jahan as mogul emperor of india.
1658/--/-- 12 - dutch genre artist jan vermeer paints the milkmaid.
1658/--/-- 12 - dutch naturalist jan swammerdam describes red blood cells.
1658/--/-- 12 - french colonists found the city of saint-louis on the senegal river in africa.
1658/--/-- 12 - leopold i succeeds ferdinand iii as holy roman emperor.
1658/--/-- 12 - oliver cromwell dies; he is succeeded by his son richard as lord protector of england.
1659/--/-- 13 - french explorers radisson and groseilliers explore minnesota.
1659/--/-- 13 - richard cromwell resigns as lord protector of england.
1659/--/-- 13 - the peace of the pyrenees ends a 24-year war between france and spain.
1660/--/-- 14 *** bayless, ruth [sister] - born to bayless, john and stillwell, rebecca flushing, queens, ny
1660/--/-- 14 - charles ii is restored to the english throne by parliament.
1660/--/-- 14 - dutch farmers (boers) settle in south africa.
1660/--/-- 14 - dutch genre artist gabriel metsu paints the sick child.
1660/--/-- 14 - english public servant samuel pepys begins his diary.
1660/--/-- 14 - frederick william, elector of brandenburg, gains control of prussia from poland.
1660/--/-- 14 - louis xiv of france marries marie therese of spain.
1660/--/-- 14 - peter stuyvesant founds the first permanent settlement in new jersey at bergen (jersey city).
1660/--/-- 14 - the bambara kingdom begins to flourish on the upper niger about this time.
1660/--/-- 14 - the peace of copenhagen ends the war between sweden and denmark.
1660/--/-- 14 - the peace of oliva ends the war between sweden, poland, austria and brandenburg.
1660/--/-- 14 - the peace of oliva ends the war between sweden, poland, austria and brandenburg.
1660/--/-- 14 - theaters are reopened in england; the period of restoration drama begins.
1660/05/09 14 - charles stuart restored to throne of england as charles ii.
1661/--/-- 15 - charles ii orders that cromwell's corpse be disinterred, hanged and beheaded.
1661/--/-- 15 - chinese pirate koxinga drives the dutch from formosa (taiwan).
1661/--/-- 15 - dutch-born artist peter lely is made court painter to charles ii.
1661/--/-- 15 - emperor k'ang-hsi succeeds to the throne in china.
1661/--/-- 15 - the english acquire bombay from portugal.
1661/--/-- 15 - the first bible printed in north america is john elliot's translation into algonquian.
1661/04/03 15 - charles ii crowned king of england and scotland at westminster abbey by william
1662/--/-- 16 *** bayless, rebecca [sister] - born to bayless, john and stillwell, rebecca long island, ny
1662/--/-- 16 - charles ii grants a charter to the royal society of london for natural knowledge.
1662/--/-- 16 - france purchases dunkerque from england.
1662/--/-- 16 - french architect andre le notre designs the gardens for the palace of versailles.
1662/--/-- 16 - robert boyle develops his theory of gases (now known as boyle's law).
1662/--/-- 16 - the portuguese surrender tangier to england.
1662/--/-- 16 - the theatre royal is built in drury lane, london.
1663/--/-- 17 - dutch genre artist jan steen paints the woman undressing.
1663/--/-- 17 - the ottoman turks invade hungary.
1663/--/-- 17 - the first turnpike (toll) roads are established in england.
1664/--/-- 18 - england seizes new amsterdam from the dutch, renaming it new york.
1664/--/-- 18 - the austrians defeat the turks at saint gotthard and conclude a 20-year truce.
1664/--/-- 18 - the french east india company is founded.
1664/--/-- 18 - the trappists order of monks is founded at la trappe in france.
1665/--/-- 19 *** bayless, john [brother] & rusco, ruth - married
1665/--/-- 19 - an outbreak of the great plague begins in london.
1665/--/-- 19 - charles ii succeeds philip iv as king of spain.
1665/--/-- 19 - dutch genre artist gerard ter borch paints the flea hunt.
1665/--/-- 19 - england and portugal defeat spain and establish portuguese independence.
1665/--/-- 19 - jean baptiste colbert becomes minister of finance for louis xiv.
1665/--/-- 19 - robert hooke publishes his microscope observations in micrographia.
1665/--/-- 19 - the portuguese invade the kingdom of kongo and kill the monarch antonio i.
1665/--/-- 19 - the second anglo-dutch war begins.
1665/--/-- 19 - the first horse race track in north america is constructed on long island.
1666/--/-- 20 - british scientist isaac newton completes his theory of fluxional calculus.
1666/--/-- 20 - large sections of london are destroyed in the great fire.
1666/--/-- 20 - moliere's play the misanthrope is performed for the first time.
1666/--/-- 20 - puritans from connecticut settle in new jersey.
1666/--/-- 20 - sabbatai zevi claims to be the messiah and founds a jewish sect.
1666/--/-- 20 - the alawite dynasty assumes power in morocco.
1666/--/-- 20 - the french join the dutch in the war with england.
1667/--/-- 21 - english poet john milton writes paradise lost.
1667/--/-- 21 - japanese poet basho begins to compose his haiku poetry.
1667/--/-- 21 - louis xiv begins the war of devolution and captures the spanish netherlands.
1667/--/-- 21 - louis xiv sponsors the first official salon art exhibition at the louvre.
1667/--/-- 21 - mexico city cathedral is completed.
1667/--/-- 21 - suleiman succeeds abbas ii as shah of persia (iran).
1667/--/-- 21 - the dutch acquire suriname from the british in exchange for manhattan.
1667/--/-- 21 - the dutch destroy the english fleet at anchor in the medway.
1667/--/-- 21 - the peace of breda ends the war between the english, french and dutch.
1667/--/-- 21 - the building of the paris observatory is begun.
1668/--/-- 22 - a triple alliance of england, sweden, and the dutch republic is formed against france.
1668/--/-- 22 - by the treaty of aix-la-chapelle france gives up its conquests but keeps flanders.
1668/--/-- 22 - by the treaty of lisbon spain recognizes the independence of portugal.
1668/--/-- 22 - french fabulist jean de la fontaine begins publishing his fables.
1668/--/-- 22 - jacques marquette founds the first settlement in michigan at sault saint marie.
1668/--/-- 22 - king john ii of poland abdicates; he is succeeded by michael wisniowiecki.
1669/--/-- 23 - french courtesan madame de sevigne begins writing her letters.
1669/--/-- 23 - german alchemist hennig brandt makes phosphorus for the first time.
1669/--/-- 23 - louis le vau begins the expansion of the palace of versailles for louis xiv.
1669/--/-- 23 - mount etna erupts in italy, killing 20,000.
1669/--/-- 23 - venice surrenders crete to the ottoman turks.
1670/--/-- 24 - english architect sir christopher wren begins rebuilding saint paul's cathedral.
1670/--/-- 24 - the don cossacks under stenka razin rebel against russian rule.
1670/--/-- 24 - the english establish a settlement at charles towne (charleston), south carolina.
1670/--/-- 24 - the hudson's bay company is founded.
1671/--/-- 25 - buccaneers under sir henry morgan capture the city of panama.
1672/--/-- 26 - astronomer giovanni cassini becomes the first director of the paris observatory.
1672/--/-- 26 - grenades become an important weapon; the french army forms grenadier companies.
1672/--/-- 26 - jean baptiste lully produces the first french operas.
1672/--/-- 26 - sebastien le prestre de vauban founds the french army engineering corps.
1672/--/-- 26 - the french and british declare war on the dutch.
1672/--/-- 26 - william iii prince of orange leads the defense of the netherlands.
1673/--/-- 27 - leibniz begins to develop his theories of differential and integral calculus.
1673/--/-- 27 - marquette and jolliet explore the great lakes region and the mississippi river.
1673/--/-- 27 - the polish army under john sobieski defeats the turks at cochim (khotin).
1673/--/-- 27 - the test act excludes catholics from public office in england.
1673/--/-- 27 - the first mail service in north america is established between new york and boston.
1674/--/-- 28 - early american artist the freake limner paints portraits of the freake family.
1674/--/-- 28 - holy roman emperor leopold i declares war on france.
1674/--/-- 28 - john sobieski is elected as king john iii of poland.
1674/--/-- 28 - maratha leader sivaji establishes a kingdom in maharashtra, india.
1674/--/-- 28 - the dutch under william iii make peace with england.
1674/--/-- 28 - the treaty of westminster establishes new yorkers as british subjects.
1675/--/-- 29 - conflict begins between the indians under king philip and new england settlers .
1675/--/-- 29 - dutch-jewish philosopher baruch spinoza finishes his ethics.
1675/--/-- 29 - english dramatist william wycherley writes the country wife.
1675/--/-- 29 - king philip's war (indian) mass, ri
1675/--/-- 29 - the prussians under frederick william defeat the swedes at fehrbellin.
1675/--/-- 29 - the royal observatory is established at greenwich.
1676/--/-- 30 - bacon's rebellion, va
1676/--/-- 30 - english playwright sir george etherege writes man of mode.
1676/--/-- 30 - german astronomer ole romer discovers the velocity of light.
1676/--/-- 30 - indians in new england are subdued after the year-long king philip's war.
1676/--/-- 30 - the sikhs under guru gobind singh revolt against mogul rule in india.
1676/--/-- 30 - the swedes defeat the danes at the battle of lunden.
1677/--/-- 31 - charles ii appoints henry purcell as court composer.
1677/--/-- 31 - english author john dryden writes the tragedy all for love.
1677/--/-- 31 - french dramatist jean racine writes the tragedy of phedre.
1677/--/-- 31 - william iii prince of orange marries mary, daughter of the duke of york.
1678/--/-- 32 - charles le brun designs the hall of mirrors for the palace of versailles.
1678/--/-- 32 - comtesse de la fayette writes the novel la princesse de cleves.
1678/--/-- 32 - french explorer louis hennepin discovers niagara falls.
1678/--/-- 32 - john bunyan publishes the first part of the pilgrim's progress.
1678/--/-- 32 - the hungarians rebel against habsburg rule.
1678/--/-- 32 - the treaty of nijmegen establishes peace between france, the dutch and spain.
1679/--/-- 33 - the english parliament passes the habeas corpus act.
1680/--/-- 34 - antonio stradivari opens his violin workshop in cremona, italy.
1680/--/-- 34 - sadler's wells theater opens in london.
1680/--/-- 34 - the comedie francaise is founded in paris.
1681/--/-- 35 - aurangzeb suppresses a rajput revolt and campaigns against hindu kingdoms in india.
1681/--/-- 35 - english quaker william penn is granted the providence of pennsylvania.
1681/--/-- 35 - john dryden publishes his satirical poem absalom and achitophel.
1681/--/-- 35 - the dodo, a large flightless bird, becomes extinct.
1682/--/-- 36 *** stillwell, rebecca [mother] - died
1682/--/-- 36 - edmund halley observes the great comet, which is later named for him.
1682/--/-- 36 - french explorer la salle navigates the mississippi river to the gulf of mexico.
1682/--/-- 36 - peter the great succeeds fyodor iii as tsar of russia.
1682/--/-- 36 - the palace of versailles becomes the french royal residence.
1682/--/-- 36 - the spanish establish the first settlement in texas at yselta (near el paso).
1682/--/-- 36 - william penn founds the city of philadelphia.
1682/12/13 36 *** bayless, john [father] - died rose row, long island, nassau co, ny rose row, long island, nassau co, ny also jamaica, long island, ny
1683/--/-- 37 *** bayless, daniel [nephew] - born to bayless, john and rusco, ruth
1683/--/-- 37 - chinese emperor k'ang-hsi conquers formosa (taiwan).
1683/--/-- 37 - louis xiv secretly marries madame de maintenon .
1683/--/-- 37 - the turks lay siege to vienna but are defeated by imperial and polish forces.
1683/--/-- 37 - van leeuwenhoek's microscope drawings of protozoa are published.
1683/--/-- 37 - william penn makes a peace treaty with the delaware indians.
1684/--/-- 38 - england abandons tangier to the moroccans.
1684/--/-- 38 - la salle claims louisiana, a region from quebec to the gulf of mexico, for france.
1684/--/-- 38 - the dutch whaling fleet at spitsbergen (svalbard) numbers 246 vessels.
1685/--/-- 39 - charles ii of england dies; he is succeeded by his brother james ii.
1685/--/-- 39 - increase mather becomes president of harvard college.
1685/--/-- 39 - japanese bunraku (puppet theater) is performed in osaka about this time.
1685/--/-- 39 - louis xiv revokes the edict of nantes and exiles thousands of french huguenots.
1685/--/-- 39 - rice cultivation begins in north america.
1685/--/-- 39 - the duke of monmouth rebels against james ii; he is captured and executed.
1685/--/-- 39 - the huguenots begin a silk industry in london and settle in the american colonies.
1685/04/03 39 - james ii crowned king of england and scotland at westminster abbey by william sa
1686/--/-- 40 - henri de tonty establishes the first european settlement in arkansas.
1686/--/-- 40 - the league of augsburg is formed as a coalition of european states against france.
1686/--/-- 40 - the turks are expelled from budapest by a habsburg army.
1687/--/-- 41 - english actress and royal mistress nell gwynne dies.
1687/--/-- 41 - isaac newton publishes principia, establishing his laws of motion and gravity.
1687/--/-- 41 - james ii issues a declaration of indulgence suspending the laws against catholics.
1687/--/-- 41 - the city of lima, peru, is virtually destroyed by an earthquake.
1688/--/-- 42 - english protestants demand a glorious revolution against catholicism.
1688/--/-- 42 - insurance underwriters begin meeting at lloyd's coffee house in london.
1688/--/-- 42 - louis xiv declares war on the holy roman empire and captures heidelberg.
1688/--/-- 42 - william of orange is invited to england as king; james ii escapes to france.
1689/--/-- 43 - british composer henry purcell writes the opera dido and aeneas.
1689/--/-- 43 - chinese emperor k'ang-hsi establishes diplomatic relations with russia.
1689/--/-- 43 - england and the netherlands join the grand alliance against france.
1689/--/-- 43 - french and indian allies attack english colonists during king william's war.
1689/--/-- 43 - william and mary are proclaimed king and queen of england.
1689/01/08 43 - james ii declared to have abdicated by parliament.
1689/02/03 43 - william iii and mary ii proclaimed king and queen of england, scotland, and irel
1689/04/01 43 - william iii and mary ii crowned king and queen of england, scotland, and ireland
1690/--/-- 44 - benjamin harris publishes the first american newspaper in boston.
1690/--/-- 44 - carlos de siguenza y gongora publishes the misadventures of alfonso ramirez.
1690/--/-- 44 - jose churriguera becomes court architect to philip v of spain.
1690/--/-- 44 - philosopher john locke publishes his essay concerning human understanding.
1690/--/-- 44 - spain joins the war of grand alliance against france.
1690/--/-- 44 - the french defeat the english fleet at the battle of beachy head.
1690/--/-- 44 - william iii defeats james ii at the battle of the boyne in ireland.
1691/--/-- 45 - juana ines de la cruz writes a defense of women's rights reply to sister philotea.
1691/--/-- 45 - the irish rebellion ends with the treaty of limerick.
1692/--/-- 46 - port royal in jamaica is destroyed by an earthquake; the city of kingston is founded.
1692/--/-- 46 - salem witchcraft trials, mass
1692/--/-- 46 - the macdonald clan are massacred by the campbells at glencoe in scotland.
1692/--/-- 46 - the first english patent for a wallpaper design is issued.
1692/--/-- 46 - witchcraft trials are held at salem in new england.
1693/--/-- 47 - james blair founds william and mary college in williamsburg, virginia.
1693/--/-- 47 - john ray publishes the first major classification of animals.
1694/--/-- 48 - the academie francaise introduces the first french national dictionary.
1694/--/-- 48 - the bank of england is founded.
1694/12/28 48 - william iii rules as sole king.
1696/--/-- 50 - russia annexes the kamchatka peninsula.
1696/--/-- 50 - russian tsar peter the great captures azov from the turks.
1696/--/-- 50 - the chinese under k'ang-hsi defeat the dzungar mongol chieftain galdan.
1696/--/-- 50 - william iii campaigns in holland against the french.
1697/--/-- 51 - augustus ii elector of saxony becomes king of poland.
1697/--/-- 51 - french poet charles perrault publishes the tales from mother goose.
1697/--/-- 51 - russian tsar peter the great sets out to study the european way of life.
1697/--/-- 51 - sir john vanbrugh's play the relapse is produced in london.
1697/--/-- 51 - the habsburg army under eugene of savoy defeats the turks at zenta.
1697/--/-- 51 - the treaty of ryswick ends the war of the grand alliance.
1698/--/-- 52 - calcutta is founded by the british east india company.
1698/--/-- 52 - russian tsar peter the great imposes a tax on beards.
1698/--/-- 52 - thomas savery invents a water pump -- the first practical application of steam power.
1699/--/-- 53 - austria, russia, poland and venice sign the peace of karlowitz treaty with turkey.
1699/--/-- 53 - francis moore's vox stellarum, known as old moore's almanac, is published.
1699/--/-- 53 - japanese master ceramicist ogata kenzan opens his kiln at narutaki.
1699/--/-- 53 - peter the great changes the russian new year from september 1 to january 1.
1699/--/-- 53 - william dampier explores the northwest coast of australia.
1700/--/-- 54 - charles ii of spain dies, ending the spanish habsburg line.
1700/--/-- 54 - johann denner invents the clarinet about this time.
1700/--/-- 54 - kabuki theater develops in japan about this time.
1700/--/-- 54 - peter the great's russian army is defeated by the swedes at the battle of narva.
1700/--/-- 54 - philip v, grandson of louis xiv, becomes the first bourbon king of spain.
1700/--/-- 54 - the great northern war begins; denmark, poland and russia attack sweden.
1700/--/-- 54 - the swedes under charles xii defeat the danes.
1700/--/-- 54 - the rococo style is introduced into french architecture about this time.
1700/--/-- 54 - william congreve's comedy the way of the world is produced in london.
1701/--/-- 55 - captain kidd is hanged for piracy.
1701/--/-- 55 - frederick i elector of saxony proclaims himself the first king of prussia.
1701/--/-- 55 - french artist hyacinthe rigaud paints a portrait of louis xiv.
1701/--/-- 55 - the act of settlement in britain establishes the hanoverian succession to the throne.
1701/--/-- 55 - the war of the spanish succession begins.
1701/--/-- 55 - yale university is founded in new haven, connecticut.
1702/--/-- 56 - anne succeeds william iii as queen of england.
1702/--/-- 56 - england declares war on france and spain.
1702/--/-- 56 - french fur traders found vincennes, the first permanent european settlement in indiana.
1702/--/-- 56 - queen anne's war begins in america; the british attack saint augustine in florida.
1702/--/-- 56 - the camisards (french huguenots) rebel in southern france.
1702/--/-- 56 - the french under the duc de villars defeat the grand alliance at friedlingen.
1702/--/-- 56 - the first daily newspaper the daily courant is published in london.
1702/--/-- 56 - the royal colony of new jersey is founded in america.
1702/04/03 56 - anne crowned queen of england, scotland, and ireland at westminster abbey by tho
1703/--/-- 57 - archduke charles of austria claims the spanish throne for the habsburgs.
1703/--/-- 57 - buckingham palace is rebuilt for the duke of buckingham in london.
1703/--/-- 57 - peter the great lays the foundations of st. petersburg (leningrad).
1704/--/-- 58 - augustus ii is deposed; stanislaw i is crowned king of poland.
1704/--/-- 58 - issac newton publishes his theory of color and light in opticks.
1704/--/-- 58 - john campbell founds the boston news-letter, the first successful american newspaper.
1704/--/-- 58 - the duke of marlborough and eugene of savoy defeat the french at blenheim.
1704/--/-- 58 - the english capture gibraltar from spain.
1704/--/-- 58 - the indians and the french massacre british settlers in deerfield, mass.
1705/--/-- 59 - edmund halley predicts that the comet of 1682 will return in 1758.
1705/--/-- 59 - nicolas hawksmoor designs blenheim palace for the duke of marlborough.
1705/--/-- 59 - the english navy occupies barcelona.
1706/--/-- 60 - eugene of savoy defeats the french at turin and drives them from italy.
1706/--/-- 60 - george farquhar's comedy the recruiting officer is produced.
1706/--/-- 60 - the duke of marlborough conquers the spanish netherlands.
1707/--/-- 61 - emperor aurangzeb dies; the mogul empire begins to decline in india.
1707/--/-- 61 - great britain is formed by the act of union between england and scotland.
1707/--/-- 61 - john v succeeds peter ii as king of portugal.
1707/--/-- 61 - mount fuji erupts in japan; an earthquake kills 200,000 in tokyo.
1707/--/-- 61 - the british attack the french colony of acadia (nova scotia).
1707/--/-- 61 - the duke of berwick routs the allied forces at almanza in spain.
1707/03/-- 61 - act of union combines england and scotland as kingdom of great britain.
1708/--/-- 62 - french forces under vendome are defeated by marlborough at oudenarde.
1708/--/-- 62 - sikh leader guru gobind singh is assassinated; the moguls persecute the sikhs.
1708/--/-- 62 - the british capture the island of minorca from spain.
1709/--/-- 63 - abraham darby builds a blast furnace using coke for casting iron.
1709/--/-- 63 - charles xii of sweden flees to the ottoman empire.
1709/--/-- 63 - italian musician bartolommeo cristofori invents the piano.
1709/--/-- 63 - peter the great defeats the swedes at the battle of poltava.
1709/--/-- 63 - steele and addison's periodical the tatler is published in london.
1709/--/-- 63 - the duke of marlborough defeats the french at the battle of malplaquet.
1709/--/-- 63 - the first copyright act becomes law in britain.
1710/--/-- 64 - augustus ii regains the polish throne.
1710/--/-- 64 - charles xii persuades the turks to attack russia.
1710/--/-- 64 - french forces under vendome defeat the allies at villaviciosa in spain.
1710/--/-- 64 - george berkeley publishes a treatise concerning the principles of human knowledge.
1710/--/-- 64 - the british seize acadia (nova scotia) from the french.
1710/--/-- 64 - the meissen porcelain factory is founded near dresden in germany.
1711/--/-- 65 - joseph i dies; charles vi is crowned holy roman emperor.
1711/--/-- 65 - publication of the tatler ceases; steele and addison introduce the spectator.
1711/--/-- 65 - the french found the first permanent settlement in alabama at mobile.
1711/--/-- 65 - the tuscarora war begins in north carolina when indians massacre 130 colonists.
1711/--/-- 65 - the building of the baroque zwinger complex begins in dresden, germany.
1712/--/-- 66 - carolina is divided into north and south colonies.
1712/--/-- 66 - english poet alexander pope publishes the rape of the lock.
1712/--/-- 66 - the new england whaling industry expands rapidly with the hunting of sperm whales.
1713/--/-- 67 - emperor charles vi issues the pragmatic sanction, allowing for a female heir.
1713/--/-- 67 - france cedes acadia (nova scotia) and newfoundland to britain.
1713/--/-- 67 - frederick william i succeeds frederick i as king of prussia.
1713/--/-- 67 - sicily is ceded to the house of savoy; victor amadeus ii is crowned as king.
1713/--/-- 67 - spain cedes gibraltar and minorca to britain.
1713/--/-- 67 - the asiento treaty establishes british rights to the african slave trade.
1713/--/-- 67 - the peace of utrecht ends the war of spanish succession.
1714/--/-- 68 - german composer george frideric handel makes london his permanent home.
1714/--/-- 68 - grinling gibbons is appointed as master carver in wood to george i.
1714/--/-- 68 - queen anne of england dies; she is succeeded by george i, elector of hanover.
1714/10/20 68 - george i crowned king of great britain at westminster abbey by thomas tenison, a
1715/--/-- 69 - a jacobite uprising supports james edward as the old pretender to the british throne.
1715/--/-- 69 - french king louis xiv dies; he is succeeded by his five-year-old great-grandson louis xv.
1715/--/-- 69 - french author alain rene lesage publishes the adventures of gil blas.
1715/--/-- 69 - japan's leading playwright chikamatsu monzaemon writes the battles of coxinga.
1715/--/-- 69 - phillipe ii duc d'orleans becomes regent of france.
1715/--/-- 69 - the yamasee indians rebel against british settlers in south carolina.
1716/--/-- 70 *** bayless, daniel [great nephew] - born to bayless, daniel and ludlum, sarah
1716/--/-- 70 - emperor charles vi declares war on the ottoman empire.
1717/--/-- 71 - eugene of savoy captures belgrade from the turks.
1717/--/-- 71 - french artist antoine watteau paints the pilgrimage to cythera.
1717/--/-- 71 - john law forms the mississippi company in france.
1717/--/-- 71 - spain seizes sardinia and sicily.
1717/--/-- 71 - the first freemason lodge is formed in london.
1718/--/-- 72 - charles xii of sweden is killed during a campaign against norway.
1718/--/-- 72 - spain establishes the viceroyalty of new granada in south america.
1718/--/-- 72 - sultan ahmed iii concludes the treaty of passarowitz with the holy roman empire.
1718/--/-- 72 - the english pirate blackbeard is killed by the virginia militia.
1718/--/-- 72 - the french found new orleans in louisiana.
1718/--/-- 72 - the quadruple alliance of austria, britain, france and the dutch declare war on spain.
1718/--/-- 72 - voltaire writes the tragedy of oedipe while imprisoned in the bastille.
1719/--/-- 73 *** bayless, john [brother] - died
1719/--/-- 73 - english writer daniel defoe publishes robinson crusoe.
1719/--/-- 73 - james figg becomes the first heavyweight boxing champion of england.
1719/--/-- 73 - liechtenstein becomes an independent principality of the holy roman empire.
1719/--/-- 73 - teams from london and kent play one of the first cricket matches.
1720/--/-- 74 - the mississippi scheme speculation craze collapses in france.
1720/--/-- 74 - the quadruple alliance defeats spain; spain renounces all claims to sicily and sardinia.
1720/--/-- 74 - the south sea bubble speculation craze collapses in england.
1720/--/-- 74 - tibet becomes a protectorate of china.
1720/--/-- 74 - victor amadeus ii surrenders sicily to austria in exchange for sardinia.
1721/--/-- 75 - german composer johann sebastian bach writes the brandenburg concertos.
1721/--/-- 75 - italian composer alessandro scarlatti writes his opera griselda.
1721/--/-- 75 - prime minister robert walpole restores public confidence in britain's finances.
1721/--/-- 75 - the french settle on the island of mauritius.
1721/--/-- 75 - the great northern war ends; sweden loses most of her overseas possessions.
1722/--/-- 76 - dutch explorer jacob roggeveen discovers samoa and easter island.
1722/--/-- 76 - english author daniel defoe publishes moll flanders.
1722/--/-- 76 - the afghans invade persia (iran) and overthrow the safavid rulers.
1724/--/-- 78 - the british build fort dummer, the first permanent european settlement in vermont.
1724/--/-- 78 - the quakers make a statement opposing slavery.
1725/--/-- 79 - danish explorer vitus bering begins his voyage in search of a northeast passage.
1725/--/-- 79 - francisco romero establishes the current style of spanish bullfighting.
1725/--/-- 79 - peter the great dies; his wife catherine i succeeds him as empress of russia.
1726/--/-- 80 - alexander pope completes his translation of homer's odyssey.
1726/--/-- 80 - cardinal andre fleury becomes chief advisor to louis xv.
1726/--/-- 80 - english satirist jonathan swift publishes gulliver's travels.
1726/--/-- 80 - the spanish found montevideo in uruguay.
1727/--/-- 81 - catherine i dies; peter ii succeeds her as emperor of russia.
1727/--/-- 81 - george ii succeeds his father george i as king of great britain and ireland.
1727/--/-- 81 - the spanish lay siege to gibraltar.
1727/10/11 81 - george ii crowned king of great britain at westminster abbey by william wake, ar
1728/--/-- 82 - chambers's cyclopedia; or an universal dictionary of arts and sciences is issued.
1728/--/-- 82 - danish navigator vitus bering explores bering strait.
1728/--/-- 82 - english poet and playwright john gay writes the beggar's opera.
1728/--/-- 82 - james gibbs' book of architecture influences colonial american designs.
1728/--/-- 82 - john harrison begins his development of an accurate chronometer.
1729/--/-- 83 - corsica rebels against genoese rule.
1729/--/-- 83 - denmark assumes control of greenland.
1729/--/-- 83 - english actress kitty clive establishes her reputation at the drury lane theatre.
1729/--/-- 83 - the city of baltimore is founded in maryland.
1729/--/-- 83 - the city of karachi is founded in india (now in pakistan).
1730/--/-- 84 - canaletto paints the basin of san marco, one of his many views of venice.
1730/--/-- 84 - construction of the province-hall (now independence hall) begins in philadelphia.
1730/--/-- 84 - peter ii dies; he is succeeded by anna as empress of russia.
1731/--/-- 85 - french novelist abbe prevost writes manon lescaut.
1731/--/-- 85 - john hadley invents the quadrant for navigating at sea.
1731/--/-- 85 - the gentleman's magazine, the first magazine, is published in london.
1732/--/-- 86 - benjamin franklin publishes poor richard's almanack in philadelphia.
1732/--/-- 86 - covent garden opera house opens in london.
1732/--/-- 86 - nadir shah expels the afghans from persia (iran) and reinstates safavid rule.
1732/--/-- 86 - nicola salvi designs the trevi fountain in rome.
1732/--/-- 86 - william hogarth completes his series of engravings the harlot's progress.
1733/--/-- 87 - james oglethorpe founds the colony of georgia and the city of savannah.
1733/--/-- 87 - john kay invents the flying shuttle to increase the speed of weaving machines.
1733/--/-- 87 - nadir shah defeats the turks and occupies bagdhad.
1733/--/-- 87 - stanislaw i is elected king of poland with the support of louis xv of france.
1733/--/-- 87 - the war of polish succession begins.
1734/--/-- 88 - stanislaw i is deposed; augustus iii is installed as king of poland.
1735/--/-- 89 - antonio de ulloa discovers the element platinum in south america.
1735/--/-- 89 - george hadley proposes the hadley cell, a circulation system for the atmosphere.
1736/--/-- 90 - ch'ien-lung becomes emperor of china.
1736/--/-- 90 - french artist maurice quentin de la tour paints his portrait of voltaire.
1736/--/-- 90 - nadir assumes the title of shah of persia and founds the afshar dynasty.
1736/--/-- 90 - parliament passes the gin act to discourage public drunkenness in england.
1736/--/-- 90 - swiss mathematician leonhard euler begins writing his mechanica.
1737/--/-- 91 - william mayo founds the city of richmond, virginia.
1738/--/-- 92 - a porcelain factory is established in france at vincennes; it moves later to sevres.
1738/--/-- 92 - bernoulli publishes hydrodynamica, stating his law of hydrodynamics.
1738/--/-- 92 - george whitefield precipitates the great awakening religious revival in america.
1738/--/-- 92 - the treaty of vienna concludes the war of the polish succession; stanislaw i abdicates.
1738/--/-- 92 - the excavation of herculaneum begins in italy.
1739/--/-- 93 - john wesley founds the methodist religious movement.
1739/--/-- 93 - mutilation of an english sea captain by the spanish leads to the war of jenkins' ear.
1739/--/-- 93 - the british under admiral vernon raid spanish settlements in the west indies.
1739/--/-- 93 - the persians under nadir shah defeat the mogul army and destroy delhi.
1740/--/-- 94 - anna empress of russia dies; she is succeeded by elizabeth in 1741.
1740/--/-- 94 - charles vi's daughter maria theresa succeeds to the austrian habsburg empire.
1740/--/-- 94 - english novelist samuel richardson writes pamela; or virtue rewarded.
1740/--/-- 94 - frederick ii (frederick the great) assumes the prussian throne.
1740/--/-- 94 - frederick ii of prussia invades the habsburg province of silesia.
1740/--/-- 94 - holy roman emperor charles vi dies; the war of the austrian succession begins.
1740/--/-- 94 - scottish philosopher david hume writes his treatise of human nature.
1740/--/-- 94 - the british under james oglethorpe attack spanish possessions in florida.
1741/--/-- 95 - george frideric handel composes the messiah.
1741/--/-- 95 - prussia forms an anti-habsburg coalition with bavaria, spain and france.
1742/--/-- 96 - a spanish invasion of georgia is defeated by british forces under james oglethorpe.
1742/--/-- 96 - maria theresa makes peace with frederick ii; silesia is ceded to prussia.
1742/--/-- 96 - swedish astronomer anders celsius invents the celsius scale for temperature.
1742/--/-- 96 - the anti-habsburg coalition elects charles vii as holy roman emperor.
1742/--/-- 96 - the cast iron franklin stove is invented by benjamin franklin.
1743/--/-- 97 - an english porcelain factory is established at chelsea in london.
1743/--/-- 97 - the first permanent bullring is built in madrid.
1744/--/-- 98 - king george's war begins in north america between britain and france.
1744/--/-- 98 - muhammad ibn abd al-wahhab founds the wahhabi muslim sect about this time.
1745/--/-- 99 - charles edward stuart (bonnie prince charlie) leads a second jacobite rebellion.
1745/--/-- 99 - giovanni piranesi begins his etchings of carceri d'invenzione (imaginary prisons).
1745/--/-- 99 - louis xv installs the marquise de pompadour as his official mistress.
1745/--/-- 99 - maria theresa's husband francis succeeds charles vii as holy roman emperor.
1745/--/-- 99 - the british under pepperrell capture the french fortress of louisburg in canada.
1745/--/-- 99 - the french under the comte de saxe defeat austrian, english and dutch forces at fontenoy.
1745/--/-- 99 - the treaty of dresden confirms prussian control of silesia.
1746/--/-- 100 - britain and france struggle for the domination of india; france seizes madras.
1746/--/-- 100 - charles edward stuart (bonnie prince charlie) is defeated at culloden.
1746/--/-- 100 - english actor david garrick becomes the manager of the drury lane theatre.
1746/--/-- 100 - ferdinand vi succeeds philip v as king of spain.
1746/--/-- 100 - princeton university is founded in new jersey.
1747/--/-- 101 - nadir shah of persia (iran) is assassinated.
1747/--/-- 101 - the ohio company is formed to promote settlement west of the appalachians.
1747/--/-- 101 - the pathans defeat the persians; ahmad shah sadozai founds a new dynasty.
1748/--/-- 102 - english artist thomas gainsborough paints robert andrews and mary, his wife.
1748/--/-- 102 - french political philosopher montesquieu writes the spirit of the laws.
1748/--/-- 102 - the treaty of aix-la-chapelle ends the war of the austrian succession.
1749/--/-- 103 - english novelist henry fielding writes tom jones.
1749/--/-- 103 - italian dramatist carlo goldoni writes la putta honorata (the respectable girl).
1749/--/-- 103 - the british found halifax in nova scotia as a military base.
1750/--/-- 104 - american frontiersman christopher gist explores the ohio river region.
1750/--/-- 104 - baal shem tov founds the jewish sect of hasidism about this time.
1750/--/-- 104 - poona becomes the capital of the maratha confederacy in india.
1750/--/-- 104 - the afshars are replaced by the zand dynasty in persia (iran); shiraz becomes the capital.
1750/--/-- 104 - the conestoga wagon develops in pennsylvania about this time.
1750/--/-- 104 - the neoclassical movement in art develops in europe about this time.
1750/--/-- 104 - the waltz becomes a popular dance in europe about this time.
1751/--/-- 105 - english novelist tobias smollett writes the expedition of humphrey clinker.
1751/--/-- 105 - english soldier robert clive captures arcot in india.
1751/--/-- 105 - jean etienne guettard produces the first geological maps of france.
1751/--/-- 105 - the worcester royal porcelain company is founded in england.
1751/--/-- 105 - the first volume of diderot's encyclopedie is published.
1752/--/-- 106 *** bayless, daniel [nephew] - died hunterdon (?) co, ny hunterdon (?) co, ny
1752/--/-- 106 - benjamin franklin invents the lightning conductor.
1752/--/-- 106 - french artist francois boucher paints mademoiselle o'murphy.
1752/--/-- 106 - italian artist tiepolo paints the marriage of frederick barbarossa.
1753/--/-- 107 - swedish biologist carolus linnaeus publishes his system of plant classification.
1753/--/-- 107 - the british museum is founded in london.
1754/--/-- 108 - french attacks against the english in ohio lead to the last french and indian war.
1754/--/-- 108 - italian architect rastrelli designs the winter palace in saint petersburg (leningrad).
1754/--/-- 108 - the royal and ancient golf club is founded at saint andrews in scotland.
1754/--/-- 108 - thomas chippendale publishes the gentleman and cabinet maker's directory.
1755/--/-- 109 - adventurer and lover casanova is arrested in venice for witchcraft.
1755/--/-- 109 - pasquale paoli founds an independent state in corsica.
1755/--/-- 109 - samuel johnson publishes his dictionary of the english language.
1755/--/-- 109 - the british under braddock are defeated by the french at fort duquesne.
1755/--/-- 109 - the french population of acadia (nova scotia) is deported by the british.
1755/--/-- 109 - the lisbon earthquake kills 50,000.
1756/--/-- 110 - 123 british soldiers are alleged to have died in the black hole of calcutta in bengal, india.
1756/--/-- 110 - french general montcalm captures fort oswego and dominates the great lakes.
1756/--/-- 110 - the seven years' war begins with a prussian attack on austria.
1756/--/-- 110 - william pitt (the elder) becomes prime minister of britain.
1757/--/-- 111 - frederick ii of prussia defeats the franco-austrian army at rossbach.
1757/--/-- 111 - robert clive defeats the nawab of bengal at the battle of plassey in india.
1758/--/-- 112 - americans and british regulars under general forbes capture fort duquesne.
1758/--/-- 112 - the burmese overthrow the mons; rangoon becomes the new capital of burma.
1758/--/-- 112 - the french under montcalm defeat the british at fort ticonderoga.
1759/--/-- 113 - french poet and dramatist voltaire publishes his philosophical novel candide.
1759/--/-- 113 - josiah wedgwood establishes his first pottery works.
1759/--/-- 113 - the botanical gardens are founded at kew in london.
1759/--/-- 113 - the british defeat the french at niagara; amherst captures fort ticonderoga.
1759/--/-- 113 - the british under wolfe defeat montcalm at quebec; wolfe dies from his wounds.
1759/--/-- 113 - the russians defeat frederick ii at kunersdorf.
1760/--/-- 114 - english architect robert adam begins the design of syon house.
1760/--/-- 114 - english novelist laurence sterne publishes the first volumes of tristram shandy.
1760/--/-- 114 - george ii dies; he is succeeded by his grandson george iii as king of england.
1760/--/-- 114 - the british under amherst capture montreal, ending french resistance in north america.
1760/--/-- 114 - the russians invade prussia and burn berlin.
1761/--/-- 115 - franz josef haydn becomes court composer to prince esterhazy.
1761/09/02 115 - george iii crowned king of great britain and ireland at westminster abbey by tho
1762/--/-- 116 - american indian religious leader, the delaware prophet, is active in the ohio valley.
1762/--/-- 116 - britain seizes cuba and the philippines from spain.
1762/--/-- 116 - british animal painter george stubbs completes the horse attacked by a lion.
1762/--/-- 116 - catherine ii (catherine the great) succeeds her husband as empress of russia.
1762/--/-- 116 - france cedes louisiana to spain to prevent british control of the region.
1762/--/-- 116 - french philosopher rousseau publishes the social contract and emile.
1762/--/-- 116 - peter iii succeeds elizabeth as emperor of russia, but is deposed and murdered.
1762/--/-- 116 - the russians end their alliance with austria against prussia.
1762/--/-- 116 - wolfgang amadeus mozart performs at the imperial court in vienna at age 6.
1763/--/-- 117 - augustus iii dies; he is succeeded (1764) by stanislaw ii, the last king of poland.
1763/--/-- 117 - britain returns cuba and the philippines to spain in exchange for florida.
1763/--/-- 117 - france cedes canada and all territories east of the mississippi river to britain.
1763/--/-- 117 - france recognizes british dominance in india.
1763/--/-- 117 - french forces withdraw from germany; prussia retains silesia.
1763/--/-- 117 - james boswell meets samuel johnson for the first time.
1763/--/-- 117 - the ottawa chief pontiac leads an uprising against the british.
1763/--/-- 117 - the treaty of paris ends the seven years' war and the french and indian wars.
1763/--/-- 117 - the wahhabi saudis begin to establish control over arabia.
1764/--/-- 118 - german historian johann winckelmann publishes his history of the art of antiquity.
1764/--/-- 118 - thomas chatterton forges the rowley poems at the age of 12.
1765/--/-- 119 - francis i dies; he is succeeded by joseph ii as holy roman emperor.
1765/--/-- 119 - french artist francois boucher is appointed court painter to louis xv.
1765/--/-- 119 - george grenville's stamp act imposes a tax on all publications in the american colonies.
1765/--/-- 119 - horace walpole publishes his gothic novel the castle of otranto.
1765/--/-- 119 - lancelot capability brown designs the gardens at blenheim palace.
1765/--/-- 119 - robert clive is appointed governor of bengal in india.
1765/--/-- 119 - samuel adams helps to found the sons of liberty to oppose the stamp act.
1765/--/-- 119 - sir william blackstone begins his commentaries on the laws of england.
1766/--/-- 120 - anglo-irish author oliver goldsmith publishes the vicar of wakefield.
1766/--/-- 120 - english chemist henry cavendish isolates hydrogen gas for the first time.
1766/--/-- 120 - french artist jean honore fragonard paints the swing.
1766/--/-- 120 - german dramatist and critic gotthold ephraim lessing publishes laocoon.
1766/--/-- 120 - the declaratory act imposes parliament's right to make laws in the colonies.
1766/--/-- 120 - the nautical almanac provides the first practical method for determining longitude.
1766/--/-- 120 - the stamp act is repealed after strong opposition from american colonists.
in 1646 transportation was by:
foot
horse
sailing ship
in 1646 communications was by:
word of mouth
by 1766 communications was by:
post office
in addition.
in 1646 food preparation was by:
wood
in 1646 entertainment was by:
social intercourse
organized sports
travel
professional sports
movies
radio
television
theme parks
computer
in 1646 health care was by:
operations
anesthetic
x-rays
mri
in 1646 war making was by:
bow & arrow
swords & body armor
calvary
gun
artillery
by 1766 war making by:
bow & arrow
swords & body armor
had been discontinued.
in 1646 navigation was by:
stars & maps
compass
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