- 1548 Start of great fire in Brielle
- 1625 Peasants besiege Frankenburg estate in Upper Austria
- 1647 Peter Stuyvesant arrives in New Amsterdam.
- 1674 Netherlands & Cologne sign peace treaty
- 1678 French admiral Jean d’Estrees’ fleet runs aground on Aves-islands, Curacao
- 1689 Battle of Bantry Bay, French & English naval battle
- 1690 English troops of W Phips conquer Port Royal, Nova Scotia
- 1745 Battle of Fontenoy (Doornik): Austrian Succession war
- 1749 British parliament accepts Consolidation Act, which reorganised the Royal Navy
- 1751 Pennsylvania Hospital founded by Dr. Thomas Bond and Benjamin Franklin
- 1752 1st US fire insurance policy issued in Philadelphia
- 1772 Amsterdam theater destroyed by fire, 18 killed
- 1784 Britain & Tippu Sahib of Mysore sign peace treaty
- 1792 Columbia River discovered & named by US Capt Robert Gray
- 1812 Waltz introduced into English ballrooms. Some observers consider it disgusting and immoral.
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