Date | Event |
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Feb 20 |
French minister of Finance, Chauvelin, resigns |
Mar 12 |
Galileo's body moved to Church of Santa Croce in Florence, Italy |
Apr 4 |
Anthony van Heim installed as Dutch pension advisor |
Jul 18 |
Battle at Banja Luka: Turkish army beats Austrians |
Jul 31 |
Prince Frederick of Wales escapes English court |
Sep 17 |
Georg-August University opens in Göttingen |
Sep 20 |
Runner Edward Marshall completes his journey in the Walking Purchase forcing the cession of 1.2 million acres (4,860 km²) of Lenape-Delaware tribal land to the Pennsylvania Colony. |
Oct 7 |
40 foot waves sink 20,000 small craft & kill 300,000 (Bengal, India) |
Oct 11 |
Earthquake kills 300,000 and destroys half of Calcutta India |
Nov 4 |
The Teatro di San Carlo, Naples, inaugurated. |
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