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Hace 4 días · In 1696, a combination of regular French naval forces and privateers went to the Caribbean hoping to intercept the Spanish silver fleet; this was a double threat since capture of the silver would give France a major financial boost and the Spanish ships also carried English cargoes.
Hace 4 días · Albany. 14 May, 1696. Another man has been scalped over against the Patroon's Island, where there were three in all, two of them unarmed and one armed. He that had the arms was killed.
Hace 5 días · Minutes of a Court Martial held on the deserters, on 21st April, 1696, Colonel Richard Ingoldsby, President, two captains and five lieutenants members. The whole were found guilty and sentenced to be shot.
Hace 2 días · In 1696, the Dutch territory of Drenthe made William its Stadtholder. In the same year, Jacobites plotted to assassinate William in an attempt to restore James to the English throne. The plan failed and support for William surged.
Hace 5 días · t. e. The Glorious Revolution [a] is the sequence of events that led to the deposition of James II and VII in November 1688. He was replaced by his daughter Mary II and her Dutch husband, William III of Orange, who was also his nephew. The two ruled as joint monarchs of England, Scotland, and Ireland until Mary's death in 1694.
23 de abr. de 2024 · Peter I, tsar of Russia who reigned jointly with his half-brother Ivan V (1682–96) and alone thereafter (1696–1725) and who in 1721 was proclaimed emperor. He was one of Russia’s greatest statesmen, organizers, and reformers and made his country a world power.
Hace 4 días · Medieval Life and Times - Burned at the Stake (May 17, 2024) burning at the stake, a method of execution practiced in Babylonia and ancient Israel and later adopted in Europe and North America. death of Joan of Arc. Joan of Arc being burned at the stake for heresy, May 30, 1431.
