March 6 » The first joint Secretary of the Royal Society, Henry Oldenburg, publishes the first issue of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, the world's longest-running scientific journal.
June 3 » James Stuart, Duke of York (later to become King James II of England), defeats the Dutch fleet off the coast of Lowestoft.
June 12 » Thomas Willett is appointed the first mayor of New York City.
June 17 » Battle of Montes Claros: Portugal definitively secured independence from Spain in the last battle of the Portuguese Restoration War.
October 29 » Portuguese forces defeat the Kingdom of Kongo and decapitate King António I of Kongo, also known as Nvita a Nkanga.
November 7 » The London Gazette, the oldest surviving journal, is first published.
April 11 » William III and Mary II are crowned as joint sovereigns of Great Britain.
April 18 » Bostonians rise up in rebellion against Sir Edmund Andros.
May 24 » The English Parliament passes the Act of Toleration protecting dissenting Protestants but excluding Roman Catholics.
August 5 » Beaver Wars: Fifteen hundred Iroquois attack Lachine in New France.
October 26 » General Piccolomini of Austria burns down Skopje to prevent the spread of cholera; he died of the disease himself soon after.
December 16 » Convention Parliament: The Declaration of Right is embodied in the Bill of Rights.
Day of death March 13, 1727
The temperature on March 13, 1727 was about 2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: betrokken motregen. Special wheather fenomena: winderig. Source: KNMI
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