community and as many 150 citizens in the area were charged with witchcraft during the greater part of that year.In 1701, the Iroquois deeded hunting ground north of Lake Ontario and west of Lake Michigan to England.In 1771, Thomas Talbot, colonist of Upper Canada, was born in Malahide, ...
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Middle-aged women of the 18th century can be defined as those between and including the ages of 30 and 50. Just as there was no ‘universal threshold of old age’, so, too, there was no universal threshold for middle age. The term was rarely used in this period, but the absence of ...
Today in Music History MaryO'Studio O'Connor Music Studio Blog RSS Category Archives:Today in Music History January 9 ~ On This Day in Music Posted byMaryOonJanuary 9, 2025 . 1839 ~ John Knowles Paine, first American-born composer to achieve fame for large-scale orchestral music....
In 1701 the Act of Settlement barred Roman Catholics from the British throne. Princess Anne became queen the following year and Georg Ludwig’s mother, Duchess Sophia, died in June 1714 at the age of 83, leaving Georg Ludwig himself as heir apparent. When Queen Anne died two months later,...
January 20: Today in Royal History © Unofficial Royalty 2025 Éléonore de Bourbon-Condé, Princess of Orange Credit – Wikipedia January 20, 1612 – Death of Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor, King of Bohemia, King of Hungary and Croatia, Archduke of Austria, Margrave of Moravia, at Prague...
but few lived in either colony until much later. Virginia expelled priests from its territory in 1641. Georgia offered freedom of worship to all “except papists.” New York banned Catholicism in 1688; New Jersey passed its first formal anti-Catholic law in 1691; in 1701, it gr...
With this wealth he gained the financialindependence necessary to enter politics at the time.In 1701 he became the Whig member of Parliament forCastle Rising, Norfolk. He proved himself an excellentspeaker, and rose rapidly within the party. He was made amember of the Admiralty Board, Secretary...
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in the War of the Spanish Succession from 1701 to 1715. At age 12, Artigas spent most of his time on his family’s farm in the countryside where he gained knowledge about cattle and farming. He also adapted to the gauchos and Native Indians’ way of life. At age 18, he got involved...