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Thomas Sprat
1713May, 20

Thomas Sprat

Thomas Sprat, English bishop (b. 1635)
Thomas Sprat, FRS (1635 – 20 May 1713) was an English churchman and writer, Bishop of Rochester from 1684.

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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).