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Robinson Crusoe leaves his island after 28 years (as per Defoe).?

Benjamin Frankin begins publication of "Poor Richard's Almanack".?

Vitus Bering, Dutch navigator and explorer, died.?

Thomas Paine publishes his first 'American Crisis' essay.?

Sir William Parry, British Arctic explorer?