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Frederick Cornwallis
1713Mar, 5

Frederick Cornwallis

Frederick Cornwallis, English archbishop (d. 1783)
Frederick Cornwallis (5 March 1713 – 19 March 1783) served as Archbishop of Canterbury, after an illustrious career in the Anglican Church. He was born the seventh son of an aristocratic family.

His twin brother Edward Cornwallis had a military career, becoming a general in the British Army, who twice served as a military governor of colonies. He founded Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1749.

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  • 1Mar

    Tuscarora War

    The siege and destruction of Fort Neoheroka begins during the Tuscarora War in North Carolina, effectively opening up the colony's interior to European colonization.
  • 11Apr

    Queen Anne's War

    War of the Spanish Succession (Queen Anne's War): Treaty of Utrecht.
  • 19Apr

    Pragmatic Sanction of 1713

    With no living male heirs, Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, issues the Pragmatic Sanction of 1713 to ensure that Habsburg lands and the Austrian throne would be inherited by his daughter, Maria Theresa (not actually born until 1717).