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Czar Peter the Great
Czar Peter the Great sets 1st Russian state budget. In Peter's uprising he built a city in which he ordered 1000 men to come with their families and build their new homes in his city along with 500 merchants. -
Tuscarora War
The Tuscarora War starts after Native Amarican's attack settlers in NC. -
1 becomes 2
The Carolinas officially split into 2 different colonies with their own governors. -
Queen Anne's War Ends
The Treaty of Utrecht ends Queen Anne’s War. Acadia, Hudson Bay, and Newfoundland are given to the English. -
King George
King George I becomes the king of England -
Total Eclipse
Edmund Halley observes total eclipse phenomenon "Baily's Beads" -
1st Slaves
1st slaves arrive in Louisiana -
1st Lighthouse
On September 6 the first light house in the U.S is finished and on the 14th it is lit -
1st Masons'
1st Free Masons' grand lodge founded in London -
1st Machine Gun
James Puckle, a London lawyer, patents world's 1st machine gun -
Robinson Crusoe
Daniel Defoes publishes "Robinson Crusoe" -
Auroras Recorded
1st recorded display of Aurora Borealis in US