1642: Abel Tasman discovers VanDiemen's Land (Tasmania)
2
1665
1665: The Great Plague of London was the last major epidemic of the bubonic plague to occur in the Kingdom of England killing an estimated 100,000 people, about 20% of London's population.
3
1666
2 Sep 1666: Great Fire of London.
4
1688
1688: William Dampier becomes the first Englishman to land on West Australian soil. (Cygnet)
1636 - 1689 (53 years)