Clarke Family Tree » Joshua Root (1715-1791)
Personal data Joshua Root
Source 1- He was born on April 28, 1715 in Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States.
- He died on December 8, 1791 in Great Barrington, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States, he was 76 years old.
- A child of Joshua Root and Margaret Gilbert
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Birthday April 28, 1715
- The temperature on April 28, 1715 was about 12.0 °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 1715: Source: Wikipedia
- April 15 » The Pocotaligo Massacre triggers the start of the Yamasee War in colonial South Carolina.
- May 3 » A total solar eclipse was visible across northern Europe, and northern Asia, as predicted by Edmond Halley to within 4 minutes accuracy.
- July 20 » Seventh Ottoman–Venetian War: The Ottoman Empire captures Nauplia, the capital of the Republic of Venice's "Kingdom of the Morea", thereby opening the way to the swift Ottoman reconquest of the Morea.
- July 31 » Seven days after a Spanish treasure fleet of 12 ships left Havana, Cuba for Spain, 11 of them sink in a storm off the coast of Florida. A few centuries later, treasure is salvaged from these wrecks.
- September 1 » King Louis XIV of France dies after a reign of 72 years, which is the longest of any major European monarch.
- November 13 » Jacobite rising in Scotland: Battle of Sheriffmuir: The forces of the Kingdom of Great Britain halt the Jacobite advance, although the action is inconclusive.
Day of death December 8, 1791
- The temperature on December 8, 1791 was about 4.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly north west from. Weather type: zeer 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)
- In the year 1791: Source: Wikipedia
- August 7 » American troops destroy the Miami town of Kenapacomaqua near the site of present-day Logansport, Indiana in the Northwest Indian War.
- August 22 » Beginning of the Haitian Slave Revolution in Saint-Domingue, Haiti.
- August 30 » HMSPandora sinks after having run aground on the outer Great Barrier Reef the previous day.
- September 14 » The Papal States lose Avignon to Revolutionary France.
- September 27 » The National Assembly votes to award full citizenship to Jews in France.
- September 30 » The first performance of Mozart's opera The Magic Flute takes place two months before his death.
Same birth/death day
- 1630 » Charles Cotton, English poet and author († 1687)
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- 1758 » James Monroe, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 5th President of the United States († 1831)
- 1761 » Marie Harel, French cheesemaker († 1844)
- 1765 » Sylvestre François Lacroix, French mathematician and academic († 1834)
- 1746 » Charles Radclyffe, English courtier and soldier (b. 1693)
- 1756 » William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington, English politician and diplomat, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1690)
- 1768 » Jean Denis Attiret, French painter and missionary (b. 1702)
- 1779 » Nathan Alcock, English physician (b. 1707)
- 1815 » Mary Bosanquet Fletcher, Methodist preacher and philanthropist (b. 1739)
- 1830 » Benjamin Constant, Swiss-French philosopher and author (b. 1767)
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Stephen Clarke, "Clarke Family Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/clarke-family-tree/I392494372692.php : accessed May 10, 2024), "Joshua Root (1715-1791)".