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Philip Van Der Straten, Sets Up a Factory in Kelso, Thus Starting the Border Woolen Industry

February 26, 1672

Philip van der Straten, sets up a factory in Kelso, thus starting the Border woolen industry

Scotland

Peter Drake, soldier and memoir author, is born in Co. Meath

The first Declaration of indulgence; suspending penal laws against Catholics