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★21 Sep 1675
Led by Antonio de Vea, a Spanish naval expedition departed El Callao, Peru, for the fjords and channels of Patagonia to find whether rival colonial powers were in the region.

★25 Nov 1678
Trunajaya rebellion: After a series of difficult marches, the allied Mataram and Dutch troops successfully assaulted the rebel stronghold of Kediri in eastern Java.

★14 Nov 1680
Gottfried Kirch, a German astronomer, discovered the Great Comet of 1680, the first to be found using a telescope.

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

★19 Sep 1692
Salem witch trials: As Giles Corey was being crushed to death for refusing to enter a plea to charges of witchcraft, he reportedly kept telling officials, "More weight!".

★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.

★01 Aug 1714
George Louis, Elector of Hanover, becomes King George I of Great Britain, marking the beginning of the Georgian era of British history.

★21 Aug 1717
Austro-Turkish War: Austrian troops under the command of Prince Eugene of Savoy captured the strategically important city of Belgrade from the Ottoman Empire.

★24 Feb 1720
War of the Quadruple Alliance: Spanish forces began a failed assault on the British settlement of Nassau in the Bahamas.

★29 Feb 1720
Unable to establish a joint sovereignty similar to Great Britain's William and Mary, Queen Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden abdicated in favour of her husband, who became Frederick I.

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