Date unknown The first known working Newcomen steam engine is built by Thomas Newcomen with John Calley, to pump water out of mines in the Black Country of England, the first device to make practical use of the power of steam to produce mechanical work. After many years of settlement, the Town on Queen Anne's Creek is established as a courthouse for Chowan County, North Carolina. The town is renamed Edenton in 1720, and incorporated in 1722. The VOC Zuytdorp is wrecked off the coast of Western Australia. John Arbuthnot creates the character of John Bull to represent Britain. A translation of the 1662 Book of Common Prayer into Irish, made by John Richardson (1664–1747), is published.
Date unknown The first known working Newcomen steam engine is built by Thomas Newcomen with John Calley, to pump water out of mines in the Black Country of England, the first device to make practical use of the power of steam to produce mechanical work. After many years of settlement, the Town on Queen Anne's Creek is established as a courthouse for Chowan County, North Carolina. The town is renamed Edenton in 1720, and incorporated in 1722. The VOC Zuytdorp is wrecked off the coast of Western Australia. John Arbuthnot creates the character of John Bull to represent Britain. A translation of the 1662 Book of Common Prayer into Irish, made by John Richardson (1664–1747), is published.