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Joseph Peck

Male 1641 - 1718  (77 years)


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   Date  Event(s)
1642 
  • 1642: Frenchmen, Blaise Pascal invents an adding machine.
1643 
  • 1643: Evangelista Torricelli invents the barometer.
1649 
  • 1649: Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector. Ruler of England 1649-1658. Commonwealth & Protectorate.
1650 
  • 1650: Otto von Guericke invents a air pump.
1656 
  • 1656: Christian Huygens invents a pendulum clock.
1658 
  • 1658: Richard Cromwell, Lord Protector. Ruler of England 1658-1659. Commonwealth & Proctorate: 3rd son of Oliver. Resigned May 25, 1659.
1660 
  • 1660: Cuckoo clocks made in Furtwangen, Germany, in the Black Forest region.
  • 1660: Charles II. Ruler of England 1660-1685. House of Stuart (restored): Eldest son of Charles I, died without issue. De Jure King from Jan 30, 1649.
1663 
  • 1663: James Gregory invents the first reflecting telescope.
1668 
  • 1668: Isaac Newton invents a reflecting telescope.
10 1670 
  • 1670: Dom Pérignon invents Champagne.
  • 1670: The first reference to a candy cane is made.
11 1671 
  • 1671: Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz invents a calculating machine.
12 1675 
  • 1675: Christian Huygens patents the pocket watch.
  • 1675: King Philip's War: New England colonies vs Wampanoag, Narragansett and Nipmuck Indians 1675-1676.
13 1676 
  • 1676: Robert Hooke invents the universal joint.
14 1679 
  • 1679: Denis Papin invents the pressure cooker.
15 1685 
  • 1685: James II. Ruler of England 1685-1689. House of Stuart (restored): 2nd son of Charles I. Deposed 1688, interregnum Dec 11, 1688, to Feb 13, 1689.
16 1689 
  • 1689: King William's War: English Colonies vs France 1689-1697.
  • 1689: William III and Mary II. Rulers of England 1689-1702. House of Stuart (restored): Son of William, Prince of Orange, by Mary, daughter of Charles I. Mary eldest daughter of James II. She died 1694.
17 1698 
  • 1698: Englishman, Thomas Savery invents a steam pump.
18 1701 
  • 1701: Jethro Tull invents the seed drill.
19 1702 
  • 1702: Queen Anne's War: English Colonies vs France 1702-1713.
  • 1702: Anne. Ruler of England 1702-1714. House of Stuart (restored): 2nd daughter of James II. Died with no living heirs.
20 1709 
  • 1709: Bartolomeo Cristofori invents the piano.
21 1711 
  • 1711: Englishmen, John Shore invents the tuning fork.
22 1712 
  • 1712: Thomas Newcomen patents the atmospheric steam engine.
23 1714 
  • 1714: George I. Ruler of England 1714-1727. House of Hanover: Son of Elector of Hanover, by Sohia, grand-daughter of James I. Proclaimed King under Act of Settlement.
24 1717 
  • 1717: Edmond Halley invents the diving bell.