Page 2: Historical Events In 1682

Oct 26   William Penn accepts area around Delaware River from Duke of York   

Oct 27   Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is founded.   

Oct 29   William Penn lands at what is now Chester Pennsylvania   

Oct 29   William Penn lands in what will become Pennsylvania.   

Oct 29   William Penn, founder of Pennsylvania, lands at what is now Chester, PA   

Nov 12   Swedish king Karel XI establishes absolute monarchy.   

Nov 29   Rupert, prince of Palts/adm/chemist/engraver/mathematician, dies at 62.   

Dec 02   English earl of Shaftesbury flight to Amsterdam.   

Dec 04   1st General Assembly in Pennsylvania (Chester)   

Dec 04   inaugural General Assembly in Pennsylvania (Chester).   

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Feb 13   Giovanni battista piazzetta: Venice, painter (fortune teller)   

Feb 25   Giovanni battista morgagni: Italian anatomist    

Mar 07   Johan w van ripperda: Dutch diplomat/baron/duke   

Apr 03   Johann valentin rathgeber: German benedictine/composer   

Apr 11   Jean-joseph mouret: Composer   

Apr 15   John van huysum: Dutch painter (flowers/fruit)   

Apr 16   John hadley: Mathematician/inventor (1st reflecting telescope)   

Apr 22   Willem i kerricx the young: Flemish architect/sculptor/painter   

Jan 13   Simon van leeuwen: Dutch lawyer/historian,    

Feb 23   Abraham de wicquefort: Dutch diplomat/historian,   

Feb 25   Alessandro stradella: Italian violist/composer, murdered at 37   

Mar 14   Jacob i van ruysdael: Physician/landscape painter,   

Apr 01   Franz egon of fürstenberg: Bavarian catholic archbishop (b. 1625)   

Apr 03   Bartolomé esteban murillo: Spanish painter,   

Apr 14   Avvakum: Russian priest and writer (b. 1621)   

Apr 27   Theodorus iii: Czar of russia (1676-82),