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1658 – 1718Mary of Modena (1658-1718)Died 7 May 1718, aged 59Mary of Modena was queen consort of England, Scotland and Ireland as the second wife of James II, with whom she lived in exile in France after the Glorious Revolution of 1688. She died at Saint-Germain-en-Laye still maintaining her son's claim to the British throne.
1718New Orleans foundedFrench colonists establish a settlement on the MississippiJean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville founded New Orleans as a French colonial outpost near the mouth of the Mississippi River, naming it after the Duke of Orleans. The settlement later became the capital of French Louisiana and one of North America's major port cities.