Dreyer Tree » Hans Jurgens Harmanszoon Potgieter b7 (1690-1736)

Birthday July 16, 1690

• Stadhouder Prins Willem III (Huis van Oranje) was from 1672 till 1702 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• In the year 1690: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 3 » The colony of Massachusetts issues the first paper money in the Americas.
  • February 15 » Constantin Cantemir, Prince of Moldavia, and the Holy Roman Empire sign a secret treaty in Sibiu, stipulating that Moldavia would support the actions led by the House of Habsburg against the Ottoman Empire.
  • June 14 » King William III of England (William of Orange) lands in Ireland to confront the former King James II.
  • July 1 » Glorious Revolution: Battle of the Boyne in Ireland (as reckoned under the Julian calendar).
  • August 24 » Job Charnock of the East India Company establishes a factory in Calcutta, an event formerly considered the founding of the city (in 2003 the Calcutta High Court ruled that the city's foundation date is unknown).
  • September 25 » Publick Occurrences Both Forreign and Domestick, the first newspaper to appear in the Americas, is published for the first and only time.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1661 » Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville, Canadian captain, explorer, and politician († 1706)
• 1714 » Marc René, marquis de Montalembert, French engineer and author († 1800)
• 1722 » Joseph Wilton, English sculptor and academic († 1803)
• 1723 » Joshua Reynolds, English painter and academic († 1792)
• 1731 » Samuel Huntington, American jurist and politician, 18th Governor of Connecticut († 1796)
• 1749 » Cyrus Griffin, American lawyer, judge, and politician, 16th President of the Continental Congress († 1810)