Ascendance familiale Lenoir » Jean Martin HENRY (1698-1762)

Christening day December 31, 1698

• 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 1698: Source: Wikipedia
  • July 2 » Thomas Savery patents the first steam engine.
  • September 5 » In an effort to Westernize his nobility, Tsar Peter I of Russia imposes a tax on beards for all men except the clergy and peasantry.

Day of marriage November 24, 1722

• The temperature on November 24, 1722 was about 7.0 °C. 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 1722: Source: Wikipedia
  • March 8 » The Safavid Empire of Iran is defeated by an army from Afghanistan at the Battle of Gulnabad, pushing Iran into anarchy.
  • April 5 » The Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen discovers Easter Island.
  • July 25 » Dummer's War begins along the Maine-Massachusetts border.

Day of death June 13, 1762

• The temperature on June 13, 1762 was about 14.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west by south. Weather type: geheel betrokken. 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)
• Regent Lodewijk Ernst (Hertog van Brunswijk-Wolfenbüttel) was from 1759 till 1766 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• In the year 1762: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 4 » Great Britain declares war on Spain, thus entering the Seven Years' War.
  • March 10 » French Huguenot Jean Calas, who had been wrongly convicted of killing his son, dies after being tortured by authorities; the event inspired Voltaire to begin a campaign for religious tolerance and legal reform.
  • May 22 » Trevi Fountain is officially completed and inaugurated in Rome.
  • June 6 » In the Seven Years' War, British forces begin the Siege of Havana and temporarily capture the city.
  • July 9 » Catherine the Great becomes Empress of Russia following the coup against her husband, Peter III.
  • October 6 » Seven Years' War: The British Capture Manila from Spain and occupy it.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1645 » Miyamoto Musashi, Japanese samurai (b. 1584)
• 1661 » Henry Carey, 2nd Earl of Monmouth, English politician (b. 1595)
• 1665 » Egbert Bartholomeusz Kortenaer, Dutch admiral (b. 1604)
• 1784 » Henry Middleton, American farmer and politician, 2nd President of the Continental Congress (b. 1717)
• 1846 » Jean-Baptiste Benoît Eyriès, French geographer and author (b. 1767)
• 1861 » Henry Gray, English anatomist and surgeon (b. 1827)