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★27 Oct 1682
William Penn landed at New Castle, Delaware Colony, on his way to founding the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

★05 Aug 1689
Beaver Wars: Aggravated by increased French incursions into their territory, a large force of Mohawk warriors substantially destroyed the settlement of Lachine, New France,.

★21 Aug 1689
Jacobite risings: Jacobites supporting James VII of Scotland clashed with a regiment of Covenanters supporting William of Orange, in the streets of Dunkeld, Scotland.

★24 Feb 1711
George Frideric Handel's Rinaldo, the first Italian language opera written specifically for the London stage, premiered.

★05 Aug 1716
Austro-Turkish War: The Ottoman army were defeated in their attempt to capture the Habsburgs-controlled Petrovaradin Fortress despite having double the number of soldiers.

★18 Apr 1738
By royal decree, Philip V of Spain established the Real Academia de la Historia.

★25 May 1738
King George II of Great Britain negotiated a cease-fire between the British colonies of Maryland and Pennsylvania, ending Cresap's War.

★22 Oct 1740
A two-week massacre of ethnic Chinese in Batavia, Dutch East Indies, came to an end with at least 10,000 people killed.

★10 Apr 1741
War of the Austrian Succession: Prussian forces defeated Austrian troops at the Battle of Mollwitz in present-day Małujowice, Poland, cementing Frederick II's authority over the newly conquered territory of Silesia.

★03 Jan 1749
The first issue of Berlingske, Denmark's oldest continually operating newspaper, was published.

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