Family tree Ocken » Rebecca Maria Wichers (1704-1784)

Christening day September 12, 1704

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  Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• In the year 1704: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 25 » The Battle of Ayubale results in the destruction of most of the Spanish missions in Florida.
  • February 29 » Queen Anne's War: French forces and Native Americans stage a raid on Deerfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony, killing 56 villagers and taking more than 100 captive.
  • April 24 » The first regular newspaper in British Colonial America, The Boston News-Letter, is published.
  • August 4 » War of the Spanish Succession: Gibraltar is captured by an English and Dutch fleet, commanded by Admiral Sir George Rooke and allied with Archduke Charles.
  • August 13 » War of the Spanish Succession: Battle of Blenheim: English and Imperial forces are victorious over French and Bavarian troops.
  • December 6 » Battle of Chamkaur: During the Mughal-Sikh Wars, an outnumbered Sikh Khalsa defeats a Mughal army.

Day of marriage October 24, 1732

• The temperature on October 24, 1732 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: omtrent betrokken. Source: KNMI
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  Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• In the year 1732: Source: Wikipedia
  • June 9 » James Oglethorpe is granted a royal charter for the colony of the future U.S. state of Georgia.
  • September 16 » In Campo Maior, Portugal, a storm hits the Armory and a violent explosion ensues, killing two thirds of its inhabitants.
  • November 29 » The magnitude 6.6 Irpinia earthquake causes 1,940 deaths in the former Kingdom of Naples, southern Italy.
  • December 7 » The Royal Opera House opens at Covent Garden, London, England.

Day of death April 2, 1784

• The temperature on April 2, 1784 was about -2 °C. Wind direction mainly east-southeast. Weather type: omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
• Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• In the year 1784: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 14 » American Revolutionary War: Ratification Day, United States - Congress ratifies the Treaty of Paris with Great Britain.
  • April 9 » The Treaty of Paris, ratified by the United States Congress on January 14, 1784, is ratified by King George III of the Kingdom of Great Britain, ending the American Revolutionary War. Copies of the ratified documents are exchanged on May 12, 1784.
  • June 4 » Élisabeth Thible becomes the first woman to fly in an untethered hot air balloon. Her flight covers four kilometres in 45 minutes, and reached 1,500 metres altitude (estimated).
  • August 17 » Classical composer Luigi Boccherini receives a pay rise of 12000 reals from his employer, the Infante Luis, Count of Chinchón.
  • August 23 » Western North Carolina (now eastern Tennessee) declares itself an independent state under the name of Franklin; it is not accepted into the United States, and only lasts for four years.
  • October 22 » Russia founds a colony on Kodiak Island, Alaska.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1754 » Thomas Carte, English historian and author (b. 1686)
• 1787 » Thomas Gage, English general and politician, Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay (b. 1719)
• 1791 » Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau, French journalist and politician (b. 1749)
• 1801 » Thomas Dadford, Jr., English engineer (b. 1761)
• 1803 » Sir James Montgomery, 1st Baronet, Scottish judge and politician (b. 1721)
• 1817 » Johann Heinrich Jung, German author and academic (b. 1740)