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Ancestors (and descendant) of William Downs

William Downs
1670-1706
Elizabeth Gorham
1680-1746
Desire Gorham
1685-1749
William Downs
1703-1749

William Downs
1740-1781


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    Historical events

    Birthday December 5, 1740

    • The temperature on December 5, 1740 was about 3.0 °C. There was 44 mm of rainWind direction mainly west. Weather type: sneeuw zeer betrokken. 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 1740: Source: Wikipedia
      • April 8 » War of Jenkins' Ear: Three British ships capture the Spanish third-rate Princesa, taken into service as HMSPrincess.
      • June 13 » Georgia provincial governor James Oglethorpe begins an unsuccessful attempt to take Spanish Florida during the Siege of St. Augustine.
      • June 26 » A combined force of Spanish, free blacks and allied Indians defeat a British garrison at the Siege of Fort Mose near St. Augustine during the War of Jenkins' Ear.
      • August 17 » Pope Benedict XIV, previously known as Prospero Lambertini, succeeds Clement XII as the 247th Pope.
      • October 9 » Dutch colonists and Javanese natives begin massacring the ethnic Chinese population in Batavia, eventually killing 10,000.
      • October 20 » France, Prussia, Bavaria and Saxony refuse to honour the Pragmatic Sanction, and the War of the Austrian Succession begins.

    Day of death August 23, 1781

    • The temperature on August 23, 1781 was about 22.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. 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 1781: Source: Wikipedia
      • January 17 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of Cowpens: Continental troops under Brigadier General Daniel Morgan defeat British forces under Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton at the battle in South Carolina.
      • February 3 » American Revolutionary War: British forces seize the Dutch-owned Caribbean island Sint Eustatius.
      • September 5 » Battle of the Chesapeake in the American Revolutionary War: The British Navy is repelled by the French Navy, contributing to the British surrender at Yorktown.
      • September 8 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Eutaw Springs in South Carolina, the war's last significant battle in the Southern theater, ends in a narrow British tactical victory.
      • October 20 » The Patent of Toleration, providing limited freedom of worship, is approved in Austria.
      • November 29 » The crew of the British slave ship Zong murders 133 Africans by dumping them into the sea to claim insurance.
    

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