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Events
Giovanni Domenico 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
February 1
-
Francesco Maria Veracini
, composer
March 18
-
Christian Goldbach
(
Prussian
mathematician
)
November 29
-
Christian Augustus of Anhalt-Zerbst
, father of
Catherine II of Russia
(d.
1747
)
Deaths
1 July
-
George Walker
Defender of Derry
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