...Date... AGE Event
1684/--/-- -1 - England abandons Tangier to the Moroccans.
1684/--/-- -1 - La Salle claims Louisiana, a region from Quebec to the Gulf of Mexico, for France.
1684/--/-- -1 - The Dutch whaling fleet at Spitsbergen (Svalbard) numbers 246 vessels.
1684/02/15 0 *** Bristow, Michal (Owen) - Born to Bristow, John and Nicholls, Michal (Bristow)
1685/--/-- 0 - Charles II of England dies; he is succeeded by his brother James II.
1685/--/-- 0 - Increase Mather becomes president of Harvard College.
1685/--/-- 0 - Japanese Bunraku (puppet theater) is performed in Osaka about this time.
1685/--/-- 0 - Louis XIV revokes the Edict of Nantes and exiles thousands of French Huguenots.
1685/--/-- 0 - Rice cultivation begins in North America.
1685/--/-- 0 - The Duke of Monmouth rebels against James II; he is captured and executed.
1685/--/-- 0 - The Huguenots begin a silk industry in London and settle in the American colonies.
1685/04/03 1 - James II crowned King of England and Scotland at Westminster Abbey by William Sa
1686/--/-- 1 - Henri de Tonty establishes the first European settlement in Arkansas.
1686/--/-- 1 - The League of Augsburg is formed as a coalition of European states against France.
1686/--/-- 1 - The Turks are expelled from Budapest by a Habsburg army.
1687/--/-- 2 - English actress and royal mistress Nell Gwynne dies.
1687/--/-- 2 - Isaac Newton publishes Principia, establishing his laws of motion and gravity.
1687/--/-- 2 - James II issues a Declaration of Indulgence suspending the laws against Catholics.
1687/--/-- 2 - The city of Lima, Peru, is virtually destroyed by an earthquake.
1687/06/12 3 *** Bristow, Thomas [Brother] - Born to Bristow, John and Nicholls, Michal (Bristow)
1688/--/-- 3 - English Protestants demand a Glorious Revolution against Catholicism.
1688/--/-- 3 - Insurance underwriters begin meeting at Lloyd's Coffee House in London.
1688/--/-- 3 - Louis XIV declares war on the Holy Roman Empire and captures Heidelberg.
1688/--/-- 3 - William of Orange is invited to England as king; James II escapes to France.
1689/--/-- 4 - British composer Henry Purcell writes the opera Dido and Aeneas.
1689/--/-- 4 - Chinese emperor K'ang-hsi establishes diplomatic relations with Russia.
1689/--/-- 4 - England and the Netherlands join the Grand Alliance against France.
1689/--/-- 4 - French and Indian allies attack English colonists during King William's War.
1689/--/-- 4 - William and Mary are proclaimed king and queen of England.
1689/01/08 4 - James II declared to have abdicated by Parliament.
1689/02/03 4 - William III and Mary II proclaimed King and Queen of England, Scotland, and Irel
1689/04/01 5 - William III and Mary II crowned King and Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland
1690/--/-- 5 - Benjamin Harris publishes the first American newspaper in Boston.
1690/--/-- 5 - Carlos de Siguenza y Gongora publishes The Misadventures of Alfonso Ramirez.
1690/--/-- 5 - Jose Churriguera becomes court architect to Philip V of Spain.
1690/--/-- 5 - Philosopher John Locke publishes his Essay Concerning Human Understanding.
1690/--/-- 5 - Spain joins the War of Grand Alliance against France.
1690/--/-- 5 - The French defeat the English fleet at the Battle of Beachy Head.
1690/--/-- 5 - William III defeats James II at the Battle of the Boyne in Ireland.
1690/07/06 6 *** Bristow, Elizabeth [Sister] - Born to Bristow, John and Nicholls, Michal (Bristow)
1691/--/-- 6 - Juana Ines de la Cruz writes a defense of women's rights Reply to Sister Philotea.
1691/--/-- 6 - The Irish rebellion ends with the Treaty of Limerick.
1691/03/13 7 *** Bristow, Sarah [Sister] - Born to Bristow, John and Nicholls, Michal (Bristow)
1692/--/-- 7 - Port Royal in Jamaica is destroyed by an earthquake; the city of Kingston is founded.
1692/--/-- 7 - Salem Witchcraft Trials, MASS
1692/--/-- 7 - The Macdonald clan are massacred by the Campbells at Glencoe in Scotland.
1692/--/-- 7 - The first English patent for a wallpaper design is issued.
1692/--/-- 7 - Witchcraft trials are held at Salem in New England.
1693/--/-- 8 - James Blair founds William and Mary College in Williamsburg, Virginia.
1693/--/-- 8 - John Ray publishes the first major classification of animals.
1694/--/-- 9 - The Academie Francaise introduces the first French national dictionary.
1694/--/-- 9 - The Bank of England is founded.
1694/06/17 10 *** Bristow, Nicholas [Brother] - Born to Bristow, John and Nicholls, Michal (Bristow) Middlesex County Virginia
1694/12/28 10 - William III rules as sole King.
1696/--/-- 11 *** Bristow, James [Brother] - Born to Bristow, John and Nicholls, Michal (Bristow)
1696/--/-- 11 - Russia annexes the Kamchatka Peninsula.
1696/--/-- 11 - Russian tsar Peter the Great captures Azov from the Turks.
1696/--/-- 11 - The Chinese under K'ang-hsi defeat the Dzungar Mongol chieftain Galdan.
1696/--/-- 11 - William III campaigns in Holland against the French.
1697/--/-- 12 - Augustus II elector of Saxony becomes king of Poland.
1697/--/-- 12 - French poet Charles Perrault publishes the Tales From Mother Goose.
1697/--/-- 12 - Russian tsar Peter the Great sets out to study the European way of life.
1697/--/-- 12 - Sir John Vanbrugh's play The Relapse is produced in London.
1697/--/-- 12 - The Habsburg army under Eugene of Savoy defeats the Turks at Zenta.
1697/--/-- 12 - The Treaty of Ryswick ends the War of the Grand Alliance.
1698/--/-- 13 - Calcutta is founded by the British East India Company.
1698/--/-- 13 - Russian tsar Peter the Great imposes a tax on beards.
1698/--/-- 13 - Thomas Savery invents a water pump -- the first practical application of steam power.
1699/--/-- 14 - Austria, Russia, Poland and Venice sign the Peace of Karlowitz treaty with Turkey.
1699/--/-- 14 - Francis Moore's Vox stellarum, known as Old Moore's Almanac, is published.
1699/--/-- 14 - Japanese master ceramicist Ogata Kenzan opens his kiln at Narutaki.
1699/--/-- 14 - Peter the Great changes the Russian New Year from September 1 to January 1.
1699/--/-- 14 - William Dampier explores the northwest coast of Australia.
1700/--/-- 15 - Charles II of Spain dies, ending the Spanish Habsburg line.
1700/--/-- 15 - Johann Denner invents the clarinet about this time.
1700/--/-- 15 - Kabuki Theater develops in Japan about this time.
1700/--/-- 15 - Peter the Great's Russian army is defeated by the Swedes at the Battle of Narva.
1700/--/-- 15 - Philip V, grandson of Louis XIV, becomes the first Bourbon king of Spain.
1700/--/-- 15 - The Great Northern War begins; Denmark, Poland and Russia attack Sweden.
1700/--/-- 15 - The Swedes under Charles XII defeat the Danes.
1700/--/-- 15 - The rococo style is introduced into French architecture about this time.
1700/--/-- 15 - William Congreve's comedy The Way of the World is produced in London.
1701/--/-- 16 - Captain Kidd is hanged for piracy.
1701/--/-- 16 - Frederick I Elector of Saxony proclaims himself the first king of Prussia.
1701/--/-- 16 - French artist Hyacinthe Rigaud paints a portrait of Louis XIV.
1701/--/-- 16 - The Act of Settlement in Britain establishes the Hanoverian succession to the throne.
1701/--/-- 16 - The War of the Spanish Succession begins.
1701/--/-- 16 - Yale University is founded in New Haven, Connecticut.
1702/--/-- 17 - Anne succeeds William III as queen of England.
1702/--/-- 17 - England declares war on France and Spain.
1702/--/-- 17 - French fur traders found Vincennes, the first permanent European settlement in Indiana.
1702/--/-- 17 - Queen Anne's War begins in America; the British attack Saint Augustine in Florida.
1702/--/-- 17 - The Camisards (French Huguenots) rebel in southern France.
1702/--/-- 17 - The French under the duc de Villars defeat the Grand Alliance at Friedlingen.
1702/--/-- 17 - The first daily newspaper The Daily Courant is published in London.
1702/--/-- 17 - The royal colony of New Jersey is founded in America.
1702/04/03 18 - Anne crowned Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland at Westminster Abbey by Tho
1703/--/-- 18 - Archduke Charles of Austria claims the Spanish throne for the Habsburgs.
1703/--/-- 18 - Buckingham Palace is rebuilt for the Duke of Buckingham in London.
1703/--/-- 18 - Peter the Great lays the foundations of St. Petersburg (Leningrad).
1704/--/-- 19 - Augustus II is deposed; Stanislaw I is crowned king of Poland.
1704/--/-- 19 - Issac Newton publishes his theory of color and light in Opticks.
1704/--/-- 19 - John Campbell founds the Boston News-Letter, the first successful American newspaper.
1704/--/-- 19 - The Duke of Marlborough and Eugene of Savoy defeat the French at Blenheim.
1704/--/-- 19 - The English capture Gibraltar from Spain.
1704/--/-- 19 - The Indians and the French massacre British settlers in Deerfield, Mass.
1704/12/07 20 *** Stark, Margaret (Bristow) & Bristow, William [Brother] - Married
1705/--/-- 20 - Edmund Halley predicts that the comet of 1682 will return in 1758.
1705/--/-- 20 - Nicolas Hawksmoor designs Blenheim Palace for the Duke of Marlborough.
1705/--/-- 20 - The English Navy occupies Barcelona.
1706/--/-- 21 - Eugene of Savoy defeats the French at Turin and drives them from Italy.
1706/--/-- 21 - George Farquhar's comedy The Recruiting Officer is produced.
1706/--/-- 21 - The Duke of Marlborough conquers the Spanish Netherlands.
1706/09/20 22 *** Bristow, Robert [Great Grandfather] - Died London, Middlesex, England
1707/--/-- 22 *** Bristow, Robert [Grandfather] - Died
1707/--/-- 22 - Emperor Aurangzeb dies; the Mogul empire begins to decline in India.
1707/--/-- 22 - Great Britain is formed by the Act of Union between England and Scotland.
1707/--/-- 22 - John V succeeds Peter II as king of Portugal.
1707/--/-- 22 - Mount Fuji erupts in Japan; an earthquake kills 200,000 in Tokyo.
1707/--/-- 22 - The British attack the French colony of Acadia (Nova Scotia).
1707/--/-- 22 - The Duke of Berwick routs the allied forces at Almanza in Spain.
1707/03/-- 23 - Act of Union combines England and Scotland as Kingdom of Great Britain.
1707/10/23 23 *** Owen, John [Husband] & Bristow, Michal (Owen) - Married
1708/--/-- 23 - French forces under Vendome are defeated by Marlborough at Oudenarde.
1708/--/-- 23 - Sikh leader Guru Gobind Singh is assassinated; the Moguls persecute the Sikhs.
1708/--/-- 23 - The British capture the island of Minorca from Spain.
1709/--/-- 24 - Abraham Darby builds a blast furnace using coke for casting iron.
1709/--/-- 24 - Charles XII of Sweden flees to the Ottoman Empire.
1709/--/-- 24 - Italian musician Bartolommeo Cristofori invents the piano.
1709/--/-- 24 - Peter the Great defeats the Swedes at the Battle of Poltava.
1709/--/-- 24 - Steele and Addison's periodical The Tatler is published in London.
1709/--/-- 24 - The Duke of Marlborough defeats the French at the Battle of Malplaquet.
1709/--/-- 24 - The first Copyright Act becomes law in Britain.
1709/06/04 25 *** Bristow, Edward [Nephew] - Born to Bristow, William and Stark, Margaret (Bristow)
1710/--/-- 25 - Augustus II regains the Polish throne.
1710/--/-- 25 - Charles XII persuades the Turks to attack Russia.
1710/--/-- 25 - French forces under Vendome defeat the allies at Villaviciosa in Spain.
1710/--/-- 25 - George Berkeley publishes a Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge.
1710/--/-- 25 - The British seize Acadia (Nova Scotia) from the French.
1710/--/-- 25 - The Meissen porcelain factory is founded near Dresden in Germany.
1711/--/-- 26 - Joseph I dies; Charles VI is crowned Holy Roman Emperor.
1711/--/-- 26 - Publication of The Tatler ceases; Steele and Addison introduce The Spectator.
1711/--/-- 26 - The French found the first permanent settlement in Alabama at Mobile.
1711/--/-- 26 - The Tuscarora War begins in North Carolina when Indians massacre 130 colonists.
1711/--/-- 26 - The building of the baroque Zwinger complex begins in Dresden, Germany.
1711/01/08 26 *** Goodloe, Mary (Carter, Bristow) & Bristow, John [Father] - Married 2nd wife
1712/--/-- 27 *** Bristow, Anne (Seale) [Sister] - Born to Bristow, John and Nicholls, Michal (Bristow)
1712/--/-- 27 - Carolina is divided into north and south colonies.
1712/--/-- 27 - English poet Alexander Pope publishes The Rape of the Lock.
1712/--/-- 27 - The New England whaling industry expands rapidly with the hunting of sperm whales.
1713/--/-- 28 - Emperor Charles VI issues the Pragmatic Sanction, allowing for a female heir.
1713/--/-- 28 - France cedes Acadia (Nova Scotia) and Newfoundland to Britain.
1713/--/-- 28 - Frederick William I succeeds Frederick I as king of Prussia.
1713/--/-- 28 - Sicily is ceded to the House of Savoy; Victor Amadeus II is crowned as king.
1713/--/-- 28 - Spain cedes Gibraltar and Minorca to Britain.
1713/--/-- 28 - The Asiento Treaty establishes British rights to the African slave trade.
1713/--/-- 28 - The Peace of Utrecht ends the War of Spanish Succession.
1713/02/02 28 *** Bristow, William [Nephew] - Born to Bristow, William and Stark, Margaret (Bristow)
1713/08/10 29 *** Bristow, Jedediah [Brother] - Born to Bristow, John and Goodloe, Mary (Carter, Bristow)
1714/--/-- 29 - German composer George Frideric Handel makes London his permanent home.
1714/--/-- 29 - Grinling Gibbons is appointed as master carver in wood to George I.
1714/--/-- 29 - Queen Anne of England dies; she is succeeded by George I, Elector of Hanover.
1714/10/20 30 - George I crowned King of Great Britain at Westminster Abbey by Thomas Tenison, A
1715/--/-- 30 - A Jacobite uprising supports James Edward as the Old Pretender to the British throne.
1715/--/-- 30 - French King Louis XIV dies; he is succeeded by his five-year-old great-grandson Louis XV.
1715/--/-- 30 - French author Alain Rene Lesage publishes the Adventures of Gil Blas.
1715/--/-- 30 - Japan's leading playwright Chikamatsu Monzaemon writes The Battles of Coxinga.
1715/--/-- 30 - Phillipe II Duc d'Orleans becomes regent of France.
1715/--/-- 30 - The Yamasee Indians rebel against British settlers in South Carolina.
1715/08/15 31 *** Bristow, Mary (Ammons) [Sister] - Born to Bristow, John and Goodloe, Mary (Carter, Bristow)
1716/--/-- 31 *** Bristow, Chichester [Brother] - Born to Bristow, John and Goodloe, Mary (Carter, Bristow)
1716/--/-- 31 - Emperor Charles VI declares war on the Ottoman Empire.
1716/09/10 32 *** Bristow, Michal (Owen) - Died
1716/10/10 32 *** Bristow, John [Father] - Died Middlesex County, Saluda, Virginia
In 1684 Transportation was by:
Foot
Horse
Sailing ship
In 1684 Communications was by:
Word of Mouth
In 1684 Food Preparation was by:
Wood
In 1684 Entertainment was by:
Social Intercourse
Organized Sports
Travel
Professional Sports
Movies
Radio
Television
Theme parks
Computer
In 1684 Health Care was by:
Operations
Anesthetic
X-Rays
MRI
In 1684 War Making was by:
Bow & Arrow
Swords & body armor
Calvary
gun
Artillery
By 1716 War Making by:
Bow & Arrow
Swords & body armor
had been discontinued.
In 1684 Navigation was by:
Stars & Maps
Compass
from the SFHR database of Duane Bristow 03-13-2021 19:53:43