The following is a chronological statement of the more important events in William Penn’s life: | 1644 | Birth | | 1658 | Death of Oliver Cromwell | | 1659 | Penn enters Oxford | | 1660 | Expulsion from Oxford | | 1660 | Visits Germany | | 1664 | War between England and Holland | | 1665 | Penn in the naval service | | 1667 | Adopts the Quaker faith | | 1668 | Begins preaching | | 1670 | Penn’s arrest | | 1672 | Marriage | | 1673 | Fresh Quaker persecutions | | 1677 | Visits Holland | | 1681 | Royal cession of land to Penn | | 1682 | Penn goes to America | | 1682 | Founding of Philadelphia | | 1682 | Treaty made with the Indians | | 1683 | The new constitution accepted | | 1684 | Penn returns to England | | 1685 | Death of Charles the Second | | 1688 | Dethronement of James | | 1696 | Second marriage | | 1699 | Penn returns to America | | 1701 | Penn goes back to England | | 1702 | Penn imprisoned for debt | | 1710 | Penn retires to private life | | 1718 | Death of William Penn | LIFE STORIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE Translated from the German by
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