Samuel Penhallow, English-American soldier and historian (d. 1726)
Samuel Penhallow (July 2, 1665 – December 2, 1726) was a Cornish colonist and historian and militia leader in present-day Maine during Queen Anne's War and Father Rale's War. He was the commander at Fort Menaskoux and was attacked during the Northeast Coast Campaign (1724).
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Second Anglo-Dutch War
English King Charles II declares war on the Netherlands marking the start of the Second Anglo-Dutch War. - 6Mar
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society
The first joint Secretary of the Royal Society, Henry Oldenburg, publishes the first issue of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. - 12Jun
New Amsterdam
England installs a municipal government in New York City (the former Dutch settlement of New Amsterdam). - 10Dec
Michiel de Ruyter
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