Categories: British people stubs | Lord Lieutenancies | Kent // Events January - The Triple Alliance of 1668 is formed. ... Events England, France, Munster and Cologne invade the United Provinces, therefore this name is know as ´het rampjaar´ (the disaster year) in the Netherlands. ... Sir Heneage Finch (1628-1689) of Eastwell, Kent, was the 3rd Earl of Winchilsea. ... Events England, France, Munster and Cologne invade the United Provinces, therefore this name is know as ´het rampjaar´ (the disaster year) in the Netherlands. ... Events March 19 - The men under explorer Robert Cavelier de La Salle murder him while searching for the mouth of the Mississippi River. ... Events March 19 - The men under explorer Robert Cavelier de La Salle murder him while searching for the mouth of the Mississippi River. ... Events Louis XIV of France passed the Code Noir, allowing the full use of slaves in the French colonies. ... Sir Heneage Finch (1628-1689) of Eastwell, Kent, was the 3rd Earl of Winchilsea. ... Events Louis XIV of France passed the Code Noir, allowing the full use of slaves in the French colonies. ... Henry Sydney (or Sidney), 1st Earl of Romney (8 April 1641 - 8 April 1704) was born in Paris, a son of Robert Sidney, 2nd Earl of Leicester, of Penshurst Place in Kent, England, by Lady Dorothy Percy, a daughter of Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland, a descendant of Edward... Events Louis XIV of France passed the Code Noir, allowing the full use of slaves in the French colonies. ... Events February 13 - Massacre of Glencoe March 1 - The Salem witch trials begin in Salem Village, Massachusetts Bay Colony with the charging of three women with witchcraft. ... Events February 13 - Massacre of Glencoe March 1 - The Salem witch trials begin in Salem Village, Massachusetts Bay Colony with the charging of three women with witchcraft. ... Events February 6 - The colony Quilombo dos Palmares is destroyed. ... Henry Sydney (or Sidney), 1st Earl of Romney (8 April 1641 - 8 April 1704) was born in Paris, a son of Robert Sidney, 2nd Earl of Leicester, of Penshurst Place in Kent, England, by Lady Dorothy Percy, a daughter of Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland, a descendant of Edward... Events February 6 - The colony Quilombo dos Palmares is destroyed. ... Events Building of the Students Monument in Aiud, Romania. ... Events Building of the Students Monument in Aiud, Romania. ... Events Construction begins on Blenheim Palace, in Oxfordshire, England. ... Events Construction begins on Blenheim Palace, in Oxfordshire, England. ... // Events Pope Innocent XIII becomes pope Johann Sebastian Bach composes the Brandenburg Concertos April 4 - Robert Walpole becomes the first prime minister of Britain September 10 - Treaty of Nystad is signed, bringing an end to the Great Northern War November 2 - Peter I is proclaimed Emperor of All the Russias... Events 12 February — The San Carlo, the oldest working opera house in Europe, is inaugurated. ... // Events May 11 - War of Austrian Succession: Battle of Fontenoy - At Fontenoy, French forces defeat an Anglo-Dutch-Hanoverian army including the Black Watch June 4 – Frederick the Great destroys Austrian army at Hohenfriedberg August 19 - Beginning of the 45 Jacobite Rising at Glenfinnan September 12 - Francis I is elected... 1797 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1808 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... take you to calendar). ... 1846 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1890 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1905 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Gavin Astor, 2nd Baron Astor of Hever (June 1, 1918 - 1984) was a British soldier, publisher, and peer. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ... This page is about the year 1984. ...