Person report

★26 Sep 1687
The Parthenon in Athens was partially destroyed during an armed conflict between the Venetians under Francesco Morosini and Ottoman forces.

★29 Jul 1693
Nine Years' War: French troops defeated the forces of the Grand Alliance led by William III of England at the Battle of Landen in present-day Neerwinden, Belgium.

★18 May 1695
An earthquake measuring Ms7.8 struck Shanxi Province in northern China, resulting in at least 52,600 deaths.

★22 Oct 1707
In one of the worst maritime disasters in the history of the British Isles, at least 1,400 sailors on four Royal Navy ships were lost in stormy weather off the Isles of Scilly.

★20 Aug 1710
War of the Spanish Succession: The Spanish-Bourbon army commanded by the Marquis de Bay was soundly defeated by a multinational army led by the Austrian commander Guido Starhemberg.

★21 Aug 1716
Seventh Ottoman–Venetian War: The Ottoman Empire suddenly abandoned its siege of the city of Corfu, allowing the Republic of Venice to preserve its rule over the Ionian Islands.

★29 Nov 1729
Natchez Indians suddenly revolted against French colonists near modern-day Natchez, Mississippi, U.S., killing over 240 people.

★09 Jul 1745
War of the Austrian Succession: The French victory in the Battle of Melle enabled their subsequent capture of Ghent.

★24 Nov 1750
Tarabai, former regent of the Maratha Empire, had Rajaram II, whom she had previously claimed was her grandson, arrested as an impostor.

★19 Oct 1752
The Pennsylvania Gazette published a statement by Benjamin Franklin describing a kite experiment to determine the electrical nature of lightning.

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