See:
Wikipedia.
Events:
Cassini observes differential rotation within Jupiter's atmosphere.
January 6 -
Joseph, son of Emperor
Leopold I becomes King of the Romans.
January 14 - The clarinet is invented in Nuremberg, Germany.
May 20 - England passes Act of Grace, forgiving followers of
James II.
July 1 - The Battle of the Boyne, in Ireland.
Earliest recorded sighting of the planet Uranus, by
John Flamsteed, who
mistakenly catalogued it as the star 34 Tauri.
October 6-12--Massachusetts Puritans led by
Sir William Phips besiege the
city of Quebec. The siege ends in failure.
Births:
March 18 -
Christian Goldbach (Prussian mathematician).
Baptized:
January 22 -
Adriaan Bastert.
Deaths:
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