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  • Dornheim, Germany
    Monday Oct 17, 1707
    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Marriage

    Dornheim, Germany
    Monday Oct 17, 1707

    Bach married Maria Barbara Bach, his second cousin.




  • (Chūbu region, Kansai region, Shikoku, Kyūshū), Japan
    Friday Oct 28, 1707
    02:00:00 PM
    Disasters with highest death tolls

    1707 HōEi Earthquake

    (Chūbu region, Kansai region, Shikoku, Kyūshū), Japan
    Friday Oct 28, 1707
    02:00:00 PM

    The 1707 Hōei earthquake (Hōei jishin 宝永地震) struck south-central Japan at 14:00 local time on 28 October 1707. It caused moderate to severe damage throughout southwestern Honshu, Shikoku and southeastern Kyūshū. The earthquake, and the resulting destructive tsunami, caused more than 5,000 casualties.




  • Scilly Naval
    Saturday Oct 22, 1707

    Cloudesley Shovell's death

    Scilly Naval
    Saturday Oct 22, 1707

    The Commander-in-Chief of the British fleet, Cloudesley Shovell, died in a naval disaster.




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