Donald A.C. Simmons Jr. Family Tree » Alexander McNorton (1727-1808)

Personal data Alexander McNorton 

  • He was born in the year 1727 in Jamaica.
  • He died on April 15, 1808 in Saint George's, Bermuda, he was 81 years old.

Household of Alexander McNorton

He is married to Elizabeth Tucker.

They got married on January 2, 1772 at Saint George's, Bermuda, he was 45 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Stephen Allison McNorton  ± 1772-< 1865 

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Alexander McNorton

Alexander McNorton
1727-1808

1772

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Historical events

  • The temperature on January 2, 1772 was about 2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: sneeuw donker. Special wheather fenomena: rijp. 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 1772: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 1 » The first traveler's cheques, which could be used in 90 European cities, were issued by the London Credit Exchange Company.
    • June 9 » The British schooner Gaspee is burned in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island.
    • June 12 » French explorer Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne and 25 of his men killed by Māori in New Zealand.
    • August 19 » Gustav III of Sweden stages a coup d'état, in which he assumes power and enacts a new constitution that divides power between the Riksdag and the King.
    • August 21 » King Gustav III completes his coup d'état by adopting a new Constitution, ending half a century of parliamentary rule in Sweden and installing himself as an enlightened despot.
    • September 1 » The Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa is founded in San Luis Obispo, California.
  • The temperature on April 15, 1808 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
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    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In the year 1808: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 21 » Without a previous declaration of war, Russian troops cross the border to Sweden at Abborfors in eastern Finland, thus beginning the Finnish War, in which Sweden will lose the eastern half of the country (i.e. Finland) to Russia.
    • May 2 » Outbreak of the Peninsular War: The people of Madrid rise up in rebellion against French occupation. Francisco de Goya later memorializes this event in his painting The Second of May 1808.
    • July 28 » Mahmud II became Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam.
    • September 14 » Finnish War: Russians defeat the Swedes at the Battle of Oravais.
    • December 20 » The original Garden Theatre in London is destroyed by a fire, along with most of the scenery, costumes and scripts.
    • December 22 » Ludwig van Beethoven conducts and performs in concert at the Theater an der Wien, Vienna, with the premiere of his Fifth Symphony, Sixth Symphony, Fourth Piano Concerto (performed by Beethoven himself) and Choral Fantasy (with Beethoven at the piano).


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