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| South America & Caribbean:40,000 slaves in Jamaica. | |||||||||||
| North America:First papermill in America is in Germantown, Pennsylvania run my Mennonites; British authorities in Boston supress free press. An Early British assault on Canada is staunched by the efforts of the brothers Le Moyne | |||||||||||
| Europe: Louis XIV claims victories over the League of Augsburg as Spain and Savoy joins its ranks; John Locke espouses limited monarchy. | |||||||||||
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October 1690
October 20 Iberville and his brothers Paul Le Moyne, Sieur de Maricourt and Jacques Le Moyne Sieur de Ste. Helene are back at Hudson Bay, where Ste. Helene is mortally wounded. The defense of Quebec is lead by another brother, the oldest, Charles LeMoyne Sieur de Longueuil. |
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| Henri de Tonti mentions the Natchitoches Indians in his travels. |
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