Thomas Cary, after declaring himself Governor of North Carolina, sails an armed
brigantine up the
Chowan River, to attack Governor Hyde's forces fortified at Colonel
Thomas Pollock's plantation. The attack fails, and Cary's forces retreat.[4]
April 3 –
Clipperton Island is rediscovered by Frenchmen Martin de Chassiron and Michel Du Bocage, who draws up the first map and claims the island for France. The island had been discovered by Alvaro Saavedra Cedrón in 1528.
May 25 – In Denmark,
Helsingør is put under military blockade to prevent an outbreak of plague from spreading to Copenhagen; this year about one third of Helsingør's population is killed by the disease.[8]
July 2 –
Cary's Rebellion: Lieutenant Governor
Alexander Spotswood of Virginia dispatches a company of Royal Marines to assist Governor Hyde. After hearing of this, Cary's troops abandon all of their fortifications along the
Pamlico River. Cary and many of his supporters are soon caught and sent to England as prisoners, ending Cary's Rebellion.[9]
July 11 – The town of
São Paulo, Brazil, is elevated to city status.
September 14 (approximate date) – Tuscarora natives capture John Lawson, Christoph von Graffenried and their expeditionary party, and bring them to Catechna.
September 16 (approximate date) – Tuscarora natives kill Lawson. Von Graffenried and one
African American slave are known to have been set free.
September 22 – The
Tuscarora War begins when
Tuscarora natives under the command of Chief Hancock raid settlements along the south bank of the Pamlico River, within the Province of Carolina (modern-day North Carolina), killing around 130 people.
October 11 – Panic kills 241 people in the
stampede on the Guillottière bridge in
France near
Lyon. Revelers returning from a festival on the other side of the
Rhône river are blocked by from crossing after a collision between a carriage and a cart. At least 25 fall off the bridge and into the river, while 216 are trampled by people behind them.[12]
November 5 – The southwest spire of
Southwell Minster in
Nottinghamshire,
England is struck by lightning, resulting in a fire that spreads to the nave and tower, destroying roofs, bells, clock and organ.
^Cary's Rebellion". North Carolina Digital History. Learn NC University of North Carolina. Retrieved November 15 2023.
^ "Tamerlano (Gasparini)". opérabaroque.fr. Opéra Baroque. Retrieved November 15 2023.
^"Mardi Gras: Mobile's Paradoxical Party". The Wisdom of Chief Slacabamorinico. Retrieved November 15 2023.
^ Bickham, Troy O. (23 September 2004). "Cary, Thomas (d. c. 1720)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/68507. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. Retrieved November 15 2023.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
Thomas Cary, after declaring himself Governor of North Carolina, sails an armed
brigantine up the
Chowan River, to attack Governor Hyde's forces fortified at Colonel
Thomas Pollock's plantation. The attack fails, and Cary's forces retreat.[4]
April 3 –
Clipperton Island is rediscovered by Frenchmen Martin de Chassiron and Michel Du Bocage, who draws up the first map and claims the island for France. The island had been discovered by Alvaro Saavedra Cedrón in 1528.
May 25 – In Denmark,
Helsingør is put under military blockade to prevent an outbreak of plague from spreading to Copenhagen; this year about one third of Helsingør's population is killed by the disease.[8]
July 2 –
Cary's Rebellion: Lieutenant Governor
Alexander Spotswood of Virginia dispatches a company of Royal Marines to assist Governor Hyde. After hearing of this, Cary's troops abandon all of their fortifications along the
Pamlico River. Cary and many of his supporters are soon caught and sent to England as prisoners, ending Cary's Rebellion.[9]
July 11 – The town of
São Paulo, Brazil, is elevated to city status.
September 14 (approximate date) – Tuscarora natives capture John Lawson, Christoph von Graffenried and their expeditionary party, and bring them to Catechna.
September 16 (approximate date) – Tuscarora natives kill Lawson. Von Graffenried and one
African American slave are known to have been set free.
September 22 – The
Tuscarora War begins when
Tuscarora natives under the command of Chief Hancock raid settlements along the south bank of the Pamlico River, within the Province of Carolina (modern-day North Carolina), killing around 130 people.
October 11 – Panic kills 241 people in the
stampede on the Guillottière bridge in
France near
Lyon. Revelers returning from a festival on the other side of the
Rhône river are blocked by from crossing after a collision between a carriage and a cart. At least 25 fall off the bridge and into the river, while 216 are trampled by people behind them.[12]
November 5 – The southwest spire of
Southwell Minster in
Nottinghamshire,
England is struck by lightning, resulting in a fire that spreads to the nave and tower, destroying roofs, bells, clock and organ.
^Cary's Rebellion". North Carolina Digital History. Learn NC University of North Carolina. Retrieved November 15 2023.
^ "Tamerlano (Gasparini)". opérabaroque.fr. Opéra Baroque. Retrieved November 15 2023.
^"Mardi Gras: Mobile's Paradoxical Party". The Wisdom of Chief Slacabamorinico. Retrieved November 15 2023.
^ Bickham, Troy O. (23 September 2004). "Cary, Thomas (d. c. 1720)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/68507. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. Retrieved November 15 2023.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)