Dreyer Tree » Susanna Hilletje Hoppe (1744-1807)

Christening day August 16, 1745

• The temperature on August 16, 1745 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
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  Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• In the year 1745: Source: Wikipedia
  • May 11 » War of the Austrian Succession: French forces defeat an Anglo-Dutch–Hanoverian army.
  • July 26 » The first recorded women's cricket match takes place near Guildford, England.
  • August 19 » Prince Charles Edward Stuart raises his standard in Glenfinnan: The start of the Second Jacobite Rebellion, known as "the 45".
  • September 21 » A Hanoverian army is defeated, in ten minutes, by the Jacobite forces of Prince Charles Edward Stuart
  • December 4 » Charles Edward Stuart's army reaches Derby, its furthest point during the Second Jacobite Rising.
  • December 6 » Charles Edward Stuart's army begins retreat during the second Jacobite Rising.

Day of marriage December 11, 1768

• The temperature on December 11, 1768 was about 2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: helder. 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 1768: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 29 » Polish nobles form the Bar Confederation.
  • April 4 » In London, Philip Astley stages the first modern circus.
  • August 26 » Captain James Cook sets sail from England on board HMSEndeavour.
  • November 5 » Treaty of Fort Stanwix, the purpose of which is to adjust the boundary line between Indian lands and white settlements set forth in the Royal Proclamation of 1763 in the Thirteen Colonies.
  • December 10 » The first edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica is published.
  • December 28 » King Taksin's coronation achieved through conquest as a king of Thailand and established Thonburi as a capital.

Day of death February 1, 1807

• The temperature on February 1, 1807 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. 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 1807: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 7 » Napoleonic Wars: Napoleon finds Bennigsen's Russian forces taking a stand at Eylau. After bitter fighting, the French take the town, but the Russians resume the battle the next day.
  • March 25 » The Swansea and Mumbles Railway, then known as the Oystermouth Railway, becomes the first passenger-carrying railway in the world.
  • May 22 » A grand jury indicts former Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr on a charge of treason.
  • May 29 » Mustafa IV became Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam.
  • August 17 » Robert Fulton's North River Steamboat leaves New York City for Albany, New York, on the Hudson River, inaugurating the first commercial steamboat service in the world.
  • August 29 » British troops under Sir Arthur Wellesley defeat a Danish militia outside Copenhagen in the Battle of Køge.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1761 » Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix, French priest and historian (b. 1682)
• 1768 » Sir Robert Rich, 4th Baronet, English field marshal and politician (b. 1685)
• 1793 » William Barrington, 2nd Viscount Barrington, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1717)
• 1832 » Archibald Murphey, American judge and politician (b. 1777)
• 1851 » Mary Shelley, English novelist and playwright (b. 1797)