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Household of Folkert Sierks
Notes about Folkert Sierks
Wymbritseradeel, dopen, geboortejaar 1766, doopjaar 1766 Dopeling: Folkert Geboren op 11 september 1766 Gedoopt op 21 september 1766 in Westhem/Wolsum Kind van Sierk Folkerts en Tryntie Heins
Opm.: De dopeling is overleden op 4 juli 1768
Gestandaardiseerde namen (voornaam en patroniem): Dopeling : FOLKERT of FOLKERTJE Vader : SIERK FOLKERTS Moeder : TRIJNTJE HEINS
Bron: Collectie Doop-, Trouw-, Begraaf- en Lidmaatboeken (DTBL) Herv. gem. Westhem en Wolsum, doop 1715-1811 Inventarisnr. : DTB 886 Op microfiche beschikbaar op studiezaal Tresoar
The temperature on September 11, 1766 was about 15.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: donker. Special wheather fenomena: dauw. Source: KNMI
March 5 » Antonio de Ulloa, the first Spanish governor of Louisiana, arrives in New Orleans.
March 18 » American Revolution: The British Parliament repeals the Stamp Act.
May 22 » A large earthquake causes heavy damage and loss of life in Istanbul and the Marmara region.
November 10 » The last colonial governor of New Jersey, William Franklin, signs the charter of Queen's College (later renamed Rutgers University).
December 2 » Swedish parliament approved the Swedish Freedom of the Press Act and implemented it as a ground law, thus being first in the world with freedom of speech.
December 5 » In London, auctioneer James Christie holds his first sale.
Christening day September 21, 1766
The temperature on September 21, 1766 was about 16.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east. Weather type: helder. Special wheather fenomena: veel dauw. Source: KNMI
March 18 » American Revolution: The British Parliament repeals the Stamp Act.
May 22 » A large earthquake causes heavy damage and loss of life in Istanbul and the Marmara region.
July 1 » François-Jean de la Barre, a young French nobleman, is tortured and beheaded before his body is burnt on a pyre along with a copy of Voltaire's Dictionnaire philosophique nailed to his torso for the crime of not saluting a Roman Catholic religious procession in Abbeville, France.
November 10 » The last colonial governor of New Jersey, William Franklin, signs the charter of Queen's College (later renamed Rutgers University).
December 5 » In London, auctioneer James Christie holds his first sale.
December 25 » Mapuches in Chile launch a series of surprise attacks against the Spanish starting the Mapuche uprising of 1766.
Day of death July 4, 1768
The temperature on July 4, 1768 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west by south. Weather type: donker. Special wheather fenomena: dauw. Source: KNMI
February 29 » Polish nobles form the Bar Confederation.
May 10 » Rioting occurs in London after John Wilkes is imprisoned for writing an article for The North Briton severely criticizing King George III.
August 26 » Captain James Cook sets sail from England on board HMSEndeavour.
November 5 » Treaty of Fort Stanwix, the purpose of which is to adjust the boundary line between Indian lands and white settlements set forth in the Royal Proclamation of 1763 in the Thirteen Colonies.
December 1 » The former slave ship Fredensborg sinks off Tromøya in Norway.
December 10 » The first edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica is published.
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