May 07 William Penn began monthly meetings for Blacks advocating emancipation

Jan 26 This great earthquake occurred about 9 pm on the Cascadia Fault, the boundary between the North American and Juan de Fuca plates. This was almost 100 years before the first European explorers made contact with native peoples on the west coast. This was one of the world's great earthquakes with a magnitude estimated at 9.

Jan 01 Protestant West-Europe (except England) begin using Gregorian calendar

Jan 01 Russia replaces Byzantines with Julian calendar

Jan 01 Russia replaces Byzantine with Julian calendar

Feb 09 The birth of Daniel Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician

Feb 19 Last day of the Julian calendar in Denmark

Feb 27 Pacific island of New Britain discovered

Nov 20 King Charles XII of Sweden aged 17, defeats the army of Czar Peter the Great in the battle of Narva

Nov 30 Eight thousand Swedish troops under King Charles XII defeat a force of at least 50,000 Russians at the Battle of Narva.

Mar 25 England, France & Netherlands ratify 2nd Extermination treaty

Mar 07 William Penn began monthly meetings for Blacks advocating emancipation