...Date... AGE Event
1670/--/-- -1 - English architect Sir Christopher Wren begins rebuilding Saint Paul's Cathedral.
1670/--/-- -1 - The Don Cossacks under Stenka Razin rebel against Russian rule.
1670/--/-- -1 - The English establish a settlement at Charles Towne (Charleston), South Carolina.
1670/--/-- -1 - The Hudson's Bay Company is founded.
1670/05/09 0 *** Goodloe, Mary (Carter, Bristow) - Born to Goodloe, George Christ Church Parish, Middlesex County, Virginia
1671/--/-- 0 - Buccaneers under Sir Henry Morgan capture the city of Panama.
1672/--/-- 1 - Astronomer Giovanni Cassini becomes the first director of the Paris Observatory.
1672/--/-- 1 - Grenades become an important weapon; the French army forms grenadier companies.
1672/--/-- 1 - Jean Baptiste Lully produces the first French operas.
1672/--/-- 1 - Sebastien Le Prestre de Vauban founds the French army engineering corps.
1672/--/-- 1 - The French and British declare war on the Dutch.
1672/--/-- 1 - William III prince of Orange leads the defense of the Netherlands.
1673/--/-- 2 - Leibniz begins to develop his theories of differential and integral calculus.
1673/--/-- 2 - Marquette and Jolliet explore the Great Lakes region and the Mississippi River.
1673/--/-- 2 - The Polish army under John Sobieski defeats the Turks at Cochim (Khotin).
1673/--/-- 2 - The Test Act excludes Catholics from public office in England.
1673/--/-- 2 - The first mail service in North America is established between New York and Boston.
1674/--/-- 3 - Early American artist the Freake limner paints portraits of the Freake family.
1674/--/-- 3 - Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I declares war on France.
1674/--/-- 3 - John Sobieski is elected as King John III of Poland.
1674/--/-- 3 - Maratha leader Sivaji establishes a kingdom in Maharashtra, India.
1674/--/-- 3 - The Dutch under William III make peace with England.
1674/--/-- 3 - The Treaty of Westminster establishes New Yorkers as British subjects.
1675/--/-- 4 - Conflict begins between the Indians under King Philip and New England settlers .
1675/--/-- 4 - Dutch-Jewish philosopher Baruch Spinoza finishes his Ethics.
1675/--/-- 4 - English dramatist William Wycherley writes The Country Wife.
1675/--/-- 4 - King Philip's War (Indian) MASS, RI
1675/--/-- 4 - The Prussians under Frederick William defeat the Swedes at Fehrbellin.
1675/--/-- 4 - The Royal Observatory is established at Greenwich.
1676/--/-- 5 - Bacon's Rebellion, VA
1676/--/-- 5 - English playwright Sir George Etherege writes Man of Mode.
1676/--/-- 5 - German astronomer Ole Romer discovers the velocity of light.
1676/--/-- 5 - Indians in New England are subdued after the year-long King Philip's War.
1676/--/-- 5 - The Sikhs under Guru Gobind Singh revolt against Mogul rule in India.
1676/--/-- 5 - The Swedes defeat the Danes at the Battle of Lunden.
1677/--/-- 6 - Charles II appoints Henry Purcell as court composer.
1677/--/-- 6 - English author John Dryden writes the tragedy All for Love.
1677/--/-- 6 - French dramatist Jean Racine writes the tragedy of Phedre.
1677/--/-- 6 - William III prince of Orange marries Mary, daughter of the Duke of York.
1678/--/-- 7 - Charles Le Brun designs the Hall of Mirrors for the Palace of Versailles.
1678/--/-- 7 - Comtesse de La Fayette writes the novel La Princesse de Cleves.
1678/--/-- 7 - French explorer Louis Hennepin discovers Niagara Falls.
1678/--/-- 7 - John Bunyan publishes the first part of The Pilgrim's Progress.
1678/--/-- 7 - The Hungarians rebel against Habsburg rule.
1678/--/-- 7 - The Treaty of Nijmegen establishes peace between France, the Dutch and Spain.
1679/--/-- 8 *** Nicholls, Michal (Bristow) & Bristow, John [Husband] - Married
1679/--/-- 8 - The English Parliament passes the Habeas Corpus Act.
1680/--/-- 9 - Antonio Stradivari opens his violin workshop in Cremona, Italy.
1680/--/-- 9 - Sadler's Wells theater opens in London.
1680/--/-- 9 - The Comedie Francaise is founded in Paris.
1681/--/-- 10 - Aurangzeb suppresses a Rajput revolt and campaigns against Hindu kingdoms in India.
1681/--/-- 10 - English Quaker William Penn is granted the Providence of Pennsylvania.
1681/--/-- 10 - John Dryden publishes his satirical poem Absalom and Achitophel.
1681/--/-- 10 - The dodo, a large flightless bird, becomes extinct.
1682/--/-- 11 - Edmund Halley observes the Great Comet, which is later named for him.
1682/--/-- 11 - French explorer La Salle navigates the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico.
1682/--/-- 11 - Peter the Great succeeds Fyodor III as tsar of Russia.
1682/--/-- 11 - The Palace of Versailles becomes the French royal residence.
1682/--/-- 11 - The Spanish establish the first settlement in Texas at Yselta (near El Paso).
1682/--/-- 11 - William Penn founds the city of Philadelphia.
1683/--/-- 12 - Chinese emperor K'ang-hsi conquers Formosa (Taiwan).
1683/--/-- 12 - Louis XIV secretly marries Madame de Maintenon .
1683/--/-- 12 - The Turks lay siege to Vienna but are defeated by Imperial and Polish forces.
1683/--/-- 12 - Van Leeuwenhoek's microscope drawings of Protozoa are published.
1683/--/-- 12 - William Penn makes a peace treaty with the Delaware Indians.
1684/--/-- 13 - England abandons Tangier to the Moroccans.
1684/--/-- 13 - La Salle claims Louisiana, a region from Quebec to the Gulf of Mexico, for France.
1684/--/-- 13 - The Dutch whaling fleet at Spitsbergen (Svalbard) numbers 246 vessels.
1685/--/-- 14 - Charles II of England dies; he is succeeded by his brother James II.
1685/--/-- 14 - Increase Mather becomes president of Harvard College.
1685/--/-- 14 - Japanese Bunraku (puppet theater) is performed in Osaka about this time.
1685/--/-- 14 - Louis XIV revokes the Edict of Nantes and exiles thousands of French Huguenots.
1685/--/-- 14 - Rice cultivation begins in North America.
1685/--/-- 14 - The Duke of Monmouth rebels against James II; he is captured and executed.
1685/--/-- 14 - The Huguenots begin a silk industry in London and settle in the American colonies.
1685/04/03 14 - James II crowned King of England and Scotland at Westminster Abbey by William Sa
1686/--/-- 15 - Henri de Tonty establishes the first European settlement in Arkansas.
1686/--/-- 15 - The League of Augsburg is formed as a coalition of European states against France.
1686/--/-- 15 - The Turks are expelled from Budapest by a Habsburg army.
1687/--/-- 16 - English actress and royal mistress Nell Gwynne dies.
1687/--/-- 16 - Isaac Newton publishes Principia, establishing his laws of motion and gravity.
1687/--/-- 16 - James II issues a Declaration of Indulgence suspending the laws against Catholics.
1687/--/-- 16 - The city of Lima, Peru, is virtually destroyed by an earthquake.
1688/--/-- 17 - English Protestants demand a Glorious Revolution against Catholicism.
1688/--/-- 17 - Insurance underwriters begin meeting at Lloyd's Coffee House in London.
1688/--/-- 17 - Louis XIV declares war on the Holy Roman Empire and captures Heidelberg.
1688/--/-- 17 - William of Orange is invited to England as king; James II escapes to France.
1689/--/-- 18 - British composer Henry Purcell writes the opera Dido and Aeneas.
1689/--/-- 18 - Chinese emperor K'ang-hsi establishes diplomatic relations with Russia.
1689/--/-- 18 - England and the Netherlands join the Grand Alliance against France.
1689/--/-- 18 - French and Indian allies attack English colonists during King William's War.
1689/--/-- 18 - William and Mary are proclaimed king and queen of England.
1689/01/08 18 - James II declared to have abdicated by Parliament.
1689/02/03 18 - William III and Mary II proclaimed King and Queen of England, Scotland, and Irel
1689/04/01 18 - William III and Mary II crowned King and Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland
1690/--/-- 19 - Benjamin Harris publishes the first American newspaper in Boston.
1690/--/-- 19 - Carlos de Siguenza y Gongora publishes The Misadventures of Alfonso Ramirez.
1690/--/-- 19 - Jose Churriguera becomes court architect to Philip V of Spain.
1690/--/-- 19 - Philosopher John Locke publishes his Essay Concerning Human Understanding.
1690/--/-- 19 - Spain joins the War of Grand Alliance against France.
1690/--/-- 19 - The French defeat the English fleet at the Battle of Beachy Head.
1690/--/-- 19 - William III defeats James II at the Battle of the Boyne in Ireland.
1691/--/-- 20 - Juana Ines de la Cruz writes a defense of women's rights Reply to Sister Philotea.
1691/--/-- 20 - The Irish rebellion ends with the Treaty of Limerick.
1691/07/02 21 *** Goodloe, Mary (Carter, Bristow) & Carter, William [Husband] - Married
1692/--/-- 21 - Port Royal in Jamaica is destroyed by an earthquake; the city of Kingston is founded.
1692/--/-- 21 - Salem Witchcraft Trials, MASS
1692/--/-- 21 - The Macdonald clan are massacred by the Campbells at Glencoe in Scotland.
1692/--/-- 21 - The first English patent for a wallpaper design is issued.
1692/--/-- 21 - Witchcraft trials are held at Salem in New England.
1693/--/-- 22 - James Blair founds William and Mary College in Williamsburg, Virginia.
1693/--/-- 22 - John Ray publishes the first major classification of animals.
1694/--/-- 23 - The Academie Francaise introduces the first French national dictionary.
1694/--/-- 23 - The Bank of England is founded.
1694/12/28 24 - William III rules as sole King.
1696/--/-- 25 - Russia annexes the Kamchatka Peninsula.
1696/--/-- 25 - Russian tsar Peter the Great captures Azov from the Turks.
1696/--/-- 25 - The Chinese under K'ang-hsi defeat the Dzungar Mongol chieftain Galdan.
1696/--/-- 25 - William III campaigns in Holland against the French.
1697/--/-- 26 - Augustus II elector of Saxony becomes king of Poland.
1697/--/-- 26 - French poet Charles Perrault publishes the Tales From Mother Goose.
1697/--/-- 26 - Russian tsar Peter the Great sets out to study the European way of life.
1697/--/-- 26 - Sir John Vanbrugh's play The Relapse is produced in London.
1697/--/-- 26 - The Habsburg army under Eugene of Savoy defeats the Turks at Zenta.
1697/--/-- 26 - The Treaty of Ryswick ends the War of the Grand Alliance.
1698/--/-- 27 - Calcutta is founded by the British East India Company.
1698/--/-- 27 - Russian tsar Peter the Great imposes a tax on beards.
1698/--/-- 27 - Thomas Savery invents a water pump -- the first practical application of steam power.
1699/--/-- 28 - Austria, Russia, Poland and Venice sign the Peace of Karlowitz treaty with Turkey.
1699/--/-- 28 - Francis Moore's Vox stellarum, known as Old Moore's Almanac, is published.
1699/--/-- 28 - Japanese master ceramicist Ogata Kenzan opens his kiln at Narutaki.
1699/--/-- 28 - Peter the Great changes the Russian New Year from September 1 to January 1.
1699/--/-- 28 - William Dampier explores the northwest coast of Australia.
1700/--/-- 29 - Charles II of Spain dies, ending the Spanish Habsburg line.
1700/--/-- 29 - Johann Denner invents the clarinet about this time.
1700/--/-- 29 - Kabuki Theater develops in Japan about this time.
1700/--/-- 29 - Peter the Great's Russian army is defeated by the Swedes at the Battle of Narva.
1700/--/-- 29 - Philip V, grandson of Louis XIV, becomes the first Bourbon king of Spain.
1700/--/-- 29 - The Great Northern War begins; Denmark, Poland and Russia attack Sweden.
1700/--/-- 29 - The Swedes under Charles XII defeat the Danes.
1700/--/-- 29 - The rococo style is introduced into French architecture about this time.
1700/--/-- 29 - William Congreve's comedy The Way of the World is produced in London.
1701/--/-- 30 - Captain Kidd is hanged for piracy.
1701/--/-- 30 - Frederick I Elector of Saxony proclaims himself the first king of Prussia.
1701/--/-- 30 - French artist Hyacinthe Rigaud paints a portrait of Louis XIV.
1701/--/-- 30 - The Act of Settlement in Britain establishes the Hanoverian succession to the throne.
1701/--/-- 30 - The War of the Spanish Succession begins.
1701/--/-- 30 - Yale University is founded in New Haven, Connecticut.
1702/--/-- 31 - Anne succeeds William III as queen of England.
1702/--/-- 31 - England declares war on France and Spain.
1702/--/-- 31 - French fur traders found Vincennes, the first permanent European settlement in Indiana.
1702/--/-- 31 - Queen Anne's War begins in America; the British attack Saint Augustine in Florida.
1702/--/-- 31 - The Camisards (French Huguenots) rebel in southern France.
1702/--/-- 31 - The French under the duc de Villars defeat the Grand Alliance at Friedlingen.
1702/--/-- 31 - The first daily newspaper The Daily Courant is published in London.
1702/--/-- 31 - The royal colony of New Jersey is founded in America.
1702/04/03 31 - Anne crowned Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland at Westminster Abbey by Tho
1703/--/-- 32 - Archduke Charles of Austria claims the Spanish throne for the Habsburgs.
1703/--/-- 32 - Buckingham Palace is rebuilt for the Duke of Buckingham in London.
1703/--/-- 32 - Peter the Great lays the foundations of St. Petersburg (Leningrad).
1704/--/-- 33 - Augustus II is deposed; Stanislaw I is crowned king of Poland.
1704/--/-- 33 - Issac Newton publishes his theory of color and light in Opticks.
1704/--/-- 33 - John Campbell founds the Boston News-Letter, the first successful American newspaper.
1704/--/-- 33 - The Duke of Marlborough and Eugene of Savoy defeat the French at Blenheim.
1704/--/-- 33 - The English capture Gibraltar from Spain.
1704/--/-- 33 - The Indians and the French massacre British settlers in Deerfield, Mass.
1705/--/-- 34 - Edmund Halley predicts that the comet of 1682 will return in 1758.
1705/--/-- 34 - Nicolas Hawksmoor designs Blenheim Palace for the Duke of Marlborough.
1705/--/-- 34 - The English Navy occupies Barcelona.
1706/--/-- 35 - Eugene of Savoy defeats the French at Turin and drives them from Italy.
1706/--/-- 35 - George Farquhar's comedy The Recruiting Officer is produced.
1706/--/-- 35 - The Duke of Marlborough conquers the Spanish Netherlands.
1707/--/-- 36 - Emperor Aurangzeb dies; the Mogul empire begins to decline in India.
1707/--/-- 36 - Great Britain is formed by the Act of Union between England and Scotland.
1707/--/-- 36 - John V succeeds Peter II as king of Portugal.
1707/--/-- 36 - Mount Fuji erupts in Japan; an earthquake kills 200,000 in Tokyo.
1707/--/-- 36 - The British attack the French colony of Acadia (Nova Scotia).
1707/--/-- 36 - The Duke of Berwick routs the allied forces at Almanza in Spain.
1707/03/-- 36 - Act of Union combines England and Scotland as Kingdom of Great Britain.
1708/--/-- 37 - French forces under Vendome are defeated by Marlborough at Oudenarde.
1708/--/-- 37 - Sikh leader Guru Gobind Singh is assassinated; the Moguls persecute the Sikhs.
1708/--/-- 37 - The British capture the island of Minorca from Spain.
1709/--/-- 38 - Abraham Darby builds a blast furnace using coke for casting iron.
1709/--/-- 38 - Charles XII of Sweden flees to the Ottoman Empire.
1709/--/-- 38 - Italian musician Bartolommeo Cristofori invents the piano.
1709/--/-- 38 - Peter the Great defeats the Swedes at the Battle of Poltava.
1709/--/-- 38 - Steele and Addison's periodical The Tatler is published in London.
1709/--/-- 38 - The Duke of Marlborough defeats the French at the Battle of Malplaquet.
1709/--/-- 38 - The first Copyright Act becomes law in Britain.
1710/--/-- 39 - Augustus II regains the Polish throne.
1710/--/-- 39 - Charles XII persuades the Turks to attack Russia.
1710/--/-- 39 - French forces under Vendome defeat the allies at Villaviciosa in Spain.
1710/--/-- 39 - George Berkeley publishes a Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge.
1710/--/-- 39 - The British seize Acadia (Nova Scotia) from the French.
1710/--/-- 39 - The Meissen porcelain factory is founded near Dresden in Germany.
1711/--/-- 40 - Joseph I dies; Charles VI is crowned Holy Roman Emperor.
1711/--/-- 40 - Publication of The Tatler ceases; Steele and Addison introduce The Spectator.
1711/--/-- 40 - The French found the first permanent settlement in Alabama at Mobile.
1711/--/-- 40 - The Tuscarora War begins in North Carolina when Indians massacre 130 colonists.
1711/--/-- 40 - The building of the baroque Zwinger complex begins in Dresden, Germany.
1711/01/08 40 *** Goodloe, Mary (Carter, Bristow) & Bristow, John [Husband] - Married 2nd wife
1712/--/-- 41 - Carolina is divided into north and south colonies.
1712/--/-- 41 - English poet Alexander Pope publishes The Rape of the Lock.
1712/--/-- 41 - The New England whaling industry expands rapidly with the hunting of sperm whales.
1713/--/-- 42 - Emperor Charles VI issues the Pragmatic Sanction, allowing for a female heir.
1713/--/-- 42 - France cedes Acadia (Nova Scotia) and Newfoundland to Britain.
1713/--/-- 42 - Frederick William I succeeds Frederick I as king of Prussia.
1713/--/-- 42 - Sicily is ceded to the House of Savoy; Victor Amadeus II is crowned as king.
1713/--/-- 42 - Spain cedes Gibraltar and Minorca to Britain.
1713/--/-- 42 - The Asiento Treaty establishes British rights to the African slave trade.
1713/--/-- 42 - The Peace of Utrecht ends the War of Spanish Succession.
1713/08/10 43 *** Bristow, Jedediah [Son] - Born to Bristow, John and Goodloe, Mary (Carter, Bristow)
1714/--/-- 43 - German composer George Frideric Handel makes London his permanent home.
1714/--/-- 43 - Grinling Gibbons is appointed as master carver in wood to George I.
1714/--/-- 43 - Queen Anne of England dies; she is succeeded by George I, Elector of Hanover.
1714/10/20 44 - George I crowned King of Great Britain at Westminster Abbey by Thomas Tenison, A
1715/--/-- 44 - A Jacobite uprising supports James Edward as the Old Pretender to the British throne.
1715/--/-- 44 - French King Louis XIV dies; he is succeeded by his five-year-old great-grandson Louis XV.
1715/--/-- 44 - French author Alain Rene Lesage publishes the Adventures of Gil Blas.
1715/--/-- 44 - Japan's leading playwright Chikamatsu Monzaemon writes The Battles of Coxinga.
1715/--/-- 44 - Phillipe II Duc d'Orleans becomes regent of France.
1715/--/-- 44 - The Yamasee Indians rebel against British settlers in South Carolina.
1715/08/15 45 *** Bristow, Mary (Ammons) [Daughter] - Born to Bristow, John and Goodloe, Mary (Carter, Bristow)
1716/--/-- 45 *** Bristow, Chichester [Son] - Born to Bristow, John and Goodloe, Mary (Carter, Bristow)
1716/--/-- 45 - Emperor Charles VI declares war on the Ottoman Empire.
1716/10/10 46 *** Bristow, John [Husband] - Died Middlesex County, Saluda, Virginia
1717/--/-- 46 - Eugene of Savoy captures Belgrade from the Turks.
1717/--/-- 46 - French artist Antoine Watteau paints the Pilgrimage to Cythera.
1717/--/-- 46 - John Law forms the Mississippi Company in France.
1717/--/-- 46 - Spain seizes Sardinia and Sicily.
1717/--/-- 46 - The first freemason lodge is formed in London.
1718/--/-- 47 - Charles XII of Sweden is killed during a campaign against Norway.
1718/--/-- 47 - Spain establishes the Viceroyalty of New Granada in South America.
1718/--/-- 47 - Sultan Ahmed III concludes the Treaty of Passarowitz with the Holy Roman Empire.
1718/--/-- 47 - The English pirate Blackbeard is killed by the Virginia militia.
1718/--/-- 47 - The French found New Orleans in Louisiana.
1718/--/-- 47 - The Quadruple Alliance of Austria, Britain, France and the Dutch declare war on Spain.
1718/--/-- 47 - Voltaire writes the tragedy of Oedipe while imprisoned in the Bastille.
1719/--/-- 48 - English writer Daniel Defoe publishes Robinson Crusoe.
1719/--/-- 48 - James Figg becomes the first heavyweight boxing champion of England.
1719/--/-- 48 - Liechtenstein becomes an independent principality of the Holy Roman Empire.
1719/--/-- 48 - Teams from London and Kent play one of the first cricket matches.
1720/--/-- 49 - The Mississippi Scheme speculation craze collapses in France.
1720/--/-- 49 - The Quadruple Alliance defeats Spain; Spain renounces all claims to Sicily and Sardinia.
1720/--/-- 49 - The South Sea Bubble speculation craze collapses in England.
1720/--/-- 49 - Tibet becomes a protectorate of China.
1720/--/-- 49 - Victor Amadeus II surrenders Sicily to Austria in exchange for Sardinia.
1721/--/-- 50 - German composer Johann Sebastian Bach writes the Brandenburg Concertos.
1721/--/-- 50 - Italian composer Alessandro Scarlatti writes his opera Griselda.
1721/--/-- 50 - Prime minister Robert Walpole restores public confidence in Britain's finances.
1721/--/-- 50 - The French settle on the island of Mauritius.
1721/--/-- 50 - The Great Northern War ends; Sweden loses most of her overseas possessions.
1722/--/-- 51 - Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen discovers Samoa and Easter Island.
1722/--/-- 51 - English author Daniel Defoe publishes Moll Flanders.
1722/--/-- 51 - The Afghans invade Persia (Iran) and overthrow the Safavid rulers.
1724/--/-- 53 - The British build Fort Dummer, the first permanent European settlement in Vermont.
1724/--/-- 53 - The Quakers make a statement opposing slavery.
1725/--/-- 54 - Danish explorer Vitus Bering begins his voyage in search of a Northeast Passage.
1725/--/-- 54 - Francisco Romero establishes the current style of Spanish bullfighting.
1725/--/-- 54 - Peter the Great dies; his wife Catherine I succeeds him as Empress of Russia.
1726/--/-- 55 - Alexander Pope completes his translation of Homer's Odyssey.
1726/--/-- 55 - Cardinal Andre Fleury becomes chief advisor to Louis XV.
1726/--/-- 55 - English satirist Jonathan Swift publishes Gulliver's Travels.
1726/--/-- 55 - The Spanish found Montevideo in Uruguay.
1727/--/-- 56 - Catherine I dies; Peter II succeeds her as Emperor of Russia.
1727/--/-- 56 - George II succeeds his father George I as king of Great Britain and Ireland.
1727/--/-- 56 - The Spanish lay siege to Gibraltar.
1727/10/11 57 - George II crowned King of Great Britain at Westminster Abbey by William Wake, Ar
1728/--/-- 57 - Chambers's Cyclopedia; or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences is issued.
1728/--/-- 57 - Danish navigator Vitus Bering explores Bering Strait.
1728/--/-- 57 - English poet and playwright John Gay writes The Beggar's Opera.
1728/--/-- 57 - James Gibbs' Book of Architecture influences Colonial American designs.
1728/--/-- 57 - John Harrison begins his development of an accurate chronometer.
1729/--/-- 58 - Corsica rebels against Genoese rule.
1729/--/-- 58 - Denmark assumes control of Greenland.
1729/--/-- 58 - English actress Kitty Clive establishes her reputation at the Drury Lane Theatre.
1729/--/-- 58 - The city of Baltimore is founded in Maryland.
1729/--/-- 58 - The city of Karachi is founded in India (now in Pakistan).
1730/--/-- 59 - Canaletto paints the Basin of San Marco, one of his many views of Venice.
1730/--/-- 59 - Construction of the Province-hall (now Independence Hall) begins in Philadelphia.
1730/--/-- 59 - Peter II dies; he is succeeded by Anna as Empress of Russia.
1731/--/-- 60 - French novelist Abbe Prevost writes Manon Lescaut.
1731/--/-- 60 - John Hadley invents the quadrant for navigating at sea.
1731/--/-- 60 - The Gentleman's Magazine, the first magazine, is published in London.
1732/--/-- 61 - Benjamin Franklin publishes Poor Richard's Almanack in Philadelphia.
1732/--/-- 61 - Covent Garden Opera House opens in London.
1732/--/-- 61 - Nadir Shah expels the Afghans from Persia (Iran) and reinstates Safavid rule.
1732/--/-- 61 - Nicola Salvi designs the Trevi Fountain in Rome.
1732/--/-- 61 - William Hogarth completes his series of engravings The Harlot's Progress.
1733/--/-- 62 - James Oglethorpe founds the colony of Georgia and the city of Savannah.
1733/--/-- 62 - John Kay invents the flying shuttle to increase the speed of weaving machines.
1733/--/-- 62 - Nadir Shah defeats the Turks and occupies Bagdhad.
1733/--/-- 62 - Stanislaw I is elected king of Poland with the support of Louis XV of France.
1733/--/-- 62 - The War of Polish Succession begins.
1734/--/-- 63 - Stanislaw I is deposed; Augustus III is installed as king of Poland.
1735/--/-- 64 - Antonio de Ulloa discovers the element platinum in South America.
1735/--/-- 64 - George Hadley proposes the Hadley cell, a circulation system for the atmosphere.
1736/--/-- 65 - Ch'ien-lung becomes emperor of China.
1736/--/-- 65 - French artist Maurice Quentin de La Tour paints his Portrait of Voltaire.
1736/--/-- 65 - Nadir assumes the title of Shah of Persia and founds the Afshar dynasty.
1736/--/-- 65 - Parliament passes the Gin Act to discourage public drunkenness in England.
1736/--/-- 65 - Swiss mathematician Leonhard Euler begins writing his Mechanica.
1737/--/-- 66 - William Mayo founds the city of Richmond, Virginia.
1738/--/-- 67 - A porcelain factory is established in France at Vincennes; it moves later to Sevres.
1738/--/-- 67 - Bernoulli publishes Hydrodynamica, stating his law of hydrodynamics.
1738/--/-- 67 - George Whitefield precipitates the Great Awakening religious revival in America.
1738/--/-- 67 - The Treaty of Vienna concludes the War of the Polish Succession; Stanislaw I abdicates.
1738/--/-- 67 - The excavation of Herculaneum begins in Italy.
1739/--/-- 68 - John Wesley founds the Methodist religious movement.
1739/--/-- 68 - Mutilation of an English sea captain by the Spanish leads to the War of Jenkins' Ear.
1739/--/-- 68 - The British under Admiral Vernon raid Spanish settlements in the West Indies.
1739/--/-- 68 - The Persians under Nadir Shah defeat the Mogul army and destroy Delhi.
1740/--/-- 69 - Anna Empress of Russia dies; she is succeeded by Elizabeth in 1741.
1740/--/-- 69 - Charles VI's daughter Maria Theresa succeeds to the Austrian Habsburg empire.
1740/--/-- 69 - English novelist Samuel Richardson writes Pamela; or Virtue Rewarded.
1740/--/-- 69 - Frederick II (Frederick the Great) assumes the Prussian throne.
1740/--/-- 69 - Frederick II of Prussia invades the Habsburg province of Silesia.
1740/--/-- 69 - Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI dies; the War of the Austrian Succession begins.
1740/--/-- 69 - Scottish philosopher David Hume writes his Treatise of Human Nature.
1740/--/-- 69 - The British under James Oglethorpe attack Spanish possessions in Florida.
1741/--/-- 70 - George Frideric Handel composes the Messiah.
1741/--/-- 70 - Prussia forms an anti-Habsburg coalition with Bavaria, Spain and France.
1741/12/14 71 *** Bristow, Thompson [Grandson] - Born to Bristow, Jedediah and Thompson, Catherine (Bristow)
1742/--/-- 71 - A Spanish invasion of Georgia is defeated by British forces under James Oglethorpe.
1742/--/-- 71 - Maria Theresa makes peace with Frederick II; Silesia is ceded to Prussia.
1742/--/-- 71 - Swedish astronomer Anders Celsius invents the Celsius scale for temperature.
1742/--/-- 71 - The Anti-Habsburg coalition elects Charles VII as Holy Roman Emperor.
1742/--/-- 71 - The cast iron Franklin stove is invented by Benjamin Franklin.
1743/--/-- 72 - An English porcelain factory is established at Chelsea in London.
1743/--/-- 72 - The first permanent bullring is built in Madrid.
1744/--/-- 73 - King George's War begins in North America between Britain and France.
1744/--/-- 73 - Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab founds the Wahhabi Muslim sect about this time.
1744/09/05 74 *** Goodloe, Mary (Carter, Bristow) - Died Christ Church Parish, Middlesex, VA
In 1670 Transportation was by:
Foot
Horse
Sailing ship
In 1670 Communications was by:
Word of Mouth
In 1670 Food Preparation was by:
Wood
In 1670 Entertainment was by:
Social Intercourse
Organized Sports
Travel
Professional Sports
Movies
Radio
Television
Theme parks
Computer
In 1670 Health Care was by:
Operations
Anesthetic
X-Rays
MRI
In 1670 War Making was by:
Bow & Arrow
Swords & body armor
Calvary
gun
Artillery
By 1744 War Making by:
Bow & Arrow
Swords & body armor
had been discontinued.
In 1670 Navigation was by:
Stars & Maps
Compass
from the SFHR database of Duane Bristow 03-13-2021 19:53:09