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Christening day June 21, 1676

• Stadhouder Prins Willem III (Huis van Oranje) was from 1672 till 1702 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• In the year 1676: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 17 » Sixteen men of Pascual de Iriate's expedition are lost at Evangelistas Islets at the western end of the Strait of Magellan.
  • June 1 » Battle of Öland: allied Danish-Dutch forces defeat the Swedish navy in the Baltic Sea, during the Scanian War (1675–79).
  • July 30 » Nathaniel Bacon issues the "Declaration of the People of Virginia", beginning Bacon's Rebellion against the rule of Governor William Berkeley.
  • September 19 » Jamestown is burned to the ground by the forces of Nathaniel Bacon during Bacon's Rebellion.
  • November 21 » The Danish astronomer Ole Rømer presents the first quantitative measurements of the speed of light.
  • December 4 » The Danish army under the command of King Christian V engages the Swedish army commanded by the Swedish king Charles XI at the Battle of Lund, to this day it is counted as the bloodiest battle in Scandinavian history and a turning point in the Scanian War.

Day of marriage May 12, 1701

• Stadhouder Prins Willem III (Huis van Oranje) was from 1672 till 1702 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• In the year 1701: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 18 » Frederick I crowns himself King of Prussia in Königsberg.
  • May 23 » After being convicted of piracy and of murdering William Moore, Captain William Kidd is hanged in London.
  • July 9 » A Bourbon force under Nicolas Catinat withdraws from a smaller Habsburg force under Prince Eugene of Savoy in the Battle of Carpi.
  • July 19 » Representatives of the Iroquois Confederacy sign the Nanfan Treaty, ceding a large territory north of the Ohio River to England.
  • July 24 » Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac founds the trading post at Fort Pontchartrain, which later becomes the city of Detroit.
  • September 16 » James Francis Edward Stuart, sometimes called the "Old Pretender", becomes the Jacobite claimant to the thrones of England and Scotland.

Day of death January 13, 1723

• The temperature on January 13, 1723 was about -1 °C. Source: KNMI
•  This page is only available in Dutch.
  Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• In the year 1723: Source: Wikipedia
  • June 26 » After a siege and bombardment by cannon, Baku surrenders to the Russians.
  • August 17 » Ioan Giurgiu Patachi becomes Bishop of Făgăraș and is festively installed in his position at the St. Nicolas Cathedral in Făgăraș, after being formally confirmed earlier by Pope Clement XI.
  • September 14 » Grand Master António Manoel de Vilhena lays down the first stone of Fort Manoel in Malta.

Day of burial January 19, 1723

• The temperature on January 19, 1723 was about 4.0 °C. Source: KNMI
•  This page is only available in Dutch.
  Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• In the year 1723: Source: Wikipedia
  • June 26 » After a siege and bombardment by cannon, Baku surrenders to the Russians.
  • August 17 » Ioan Giurgiu Patachi becomes Bishop of Făgăraș and is festively installed in his position at the St. Nicolas Cathedral in Făgăraș, after being formally confirmed earlier by Pope Clement XI.
  • September 14 » Grand Master António Manoel de Vilhena lays down the first stone of Fort Manoel in Malta.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1684 » Henry Howard, 6th Duke of Norfolk, English nobleman (b. 1628)
• 1691 » George Fox, English religious leader, founded the Religious Society of Friends (b. 1624)
• 1717 » Maria Sibylla Merian, German entomologist and illustrator (b. 1647)
• 1775 » Johann Georg Walch, German theologian and author (b. 1693)
• 1790 » Luc Urbain de Bouëxic, French admiral (b. 1712)
• 1796 » John Anderson, Scottish philosopher and educator (b. 1726)