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Sister St Stanislas Hachard, 1st American nun, takes her vows in New Orleans

Sister St Stanislas Hachard, 1st American nun, takes her vows in New Orleans

Sister St Stanislas Hachard, 1st American nun, takes her vows in New Orleans

Events Before

  1. Coronation of 12-year-old Peter II Alexeyevich as Tsar of Russia takes place in Moscow

    Coronation of 12-year-old Peter II Alexeyevich as Tsar of Russia takes place in Moscow

  2. John Gays' satiric work "The Beggar's Opera" premieres at the Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre in London, England [NS=Feb 9]

    John Gays' satiric work "The Beggar's Opera" premieres at the Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre in London, England [NS=Feb 9]

  3. Spain & Britain sign (1st) Convention of Pardo

    Spain & Britain sign (1st) Convention of Pardo

  4. Pierre de Marivaux's play "Le Triomphe de Plutus" premieres in Paris

    Pierre de Marivaux's play "Le Triomphe de Plutus" premieres in Paris

  5. 82 survivors of the Dutch ship Zeewijk sail into Batavia on a hand-built boat, ten months after being shipwrecked off th

    82 survivors of the Dutch ship Zeewijk sail into Batavia on a hand-built boat, ten months after being shipwrecked off the western coast of Australia [1]

Events After

  1. US Founding Father Benjamin Franklin establishes a common-law marriage with Deborah Read

    Deborah Read Franklin (1708 – December 19, 1774) was the common-law wife of Benjamin Franklin, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, until her death in 1774.

  2. Russian Empress Anna Ivanovna revokes "the conditions" and dissolves the Privy Council, re-instituting autocracy

    Russian Empress Anna Ivanovna revokes "the conditions" and dissolves the Privy Council, re-instituting autocracy

  3. William IV Prince of Orange installed as Stadtholder of Drenthe

    William IV Prince of Orange installed as Stadtholder of Drenthe

  4. Congregation Shearith Israel opens the 1st North American synagogue in New York City on Mill Street in Lower Manhattan

    Congregation Shearith Israel opens the 1st North American synagogue in New York City on Mill Street in Lower Manhattan

  5. Lorenzo Corsini chosen as Pope Clement XII

    Pope Clement XII (Latin: Clemens XII; Italian: Clemente XII; 7 April 1652 – 6 February 1740), born Lorenzo Corsini, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 12 July 1730 to...

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