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Ancestors (and descendant) of Benjamin Beard

John "The Immigrant" Beard
1671-1785
Rebecca Florence Sterrett
1686-1765
James Beard
1730-1802
Isabel Newby
1737-1819

Benjamin Beard
1778-1848


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    2. Pennsylvania, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1683-1993, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
    3. U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com

    Historical events

    Birthday June 28, 1778

    • The temperature on June 28, 1778 was about 19.0 °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 1778: Source: Wikipedia
      • July 10 » American Revolution: Louis XVI of France declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain.
      • July 27 » American Revolution: First Battle of Ushant: British and French fleets fight to a standoff.
      • August 21 » American Revolutionary War: British forces begin besieging the French outpost at Pondichéry.
      • August 29 » American Revolutionary War: British and American forces battle indecisively at the Battle of Rhode Island.
      • September 7 » American Revolutionary War: France invades Dominica in the British West Indies, before Britain is even aware of France's involvement in the war.
      • December 15 » American Revolutionary War: British and French fleets clash in the Battle of St. Lucia.

    Day of death January 22, 1848

    • The temperature on January 22, 1848 was about -4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: 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).
    • From November 21, 1848 till November 1, 1849 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Kempenaer - Donker Curtius with the prime ministers Mr. J.M. de Kempenaer (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. D. Donker Curtius (conservatief-liberaal).
    • In the year 1848: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
      • January 3 » Joseph Jenkins Roberts is sworn in as the first president of Liberia.
      • January 24 » California Gold Rush: James W. Marshall finds gold at Sutter's Mill near Sacramento.
      • February 21 » Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels publish The Communist Manifesto.
      • March 18 » March Revolution: In Berlin there is a struggle between citizens and military, costing about 300 lives.
      • June 21 » In the Wallachian Revolution, Ion Heliade Rădulescu and Christian Tell issue the Proclamation of Islaz and create a new republican government.
      • July 11 » Waterloo railway station in London opens.
    

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