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Christening day February 27, 1692

• 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 1692: Source: Wikipedia
  • March 1 » Sarah Good, Sarah Osborne and Tituba are brought before local magistrates in Salem Village, Massachusetts, beginning what would become known as the Salem witch trials.
  • June 7 » Port Royal, Jamaica, is hit by a catastrophic earthquake; in just three minutes, 1,600 people are killed and 3,000 are seriously injured.
  • June 10 » Salem witch trials: Bridget Bishop is hanged at Gallows Hill near Salem, Massachusetts, for "certaine Detestable Arts called Witchcraft and Sorceries".
  • August 19 » Salem witch trials: In Salem, Province of Massachusetts Bay, five people, one woman and four men, including a clergyman, are executed after being convicted of witchcraft.
  • September 22 » The last hanging of those convicted of witchcraft in the Salem witch trials; others are all eventually released.
  • October 12 » The Salem witch trials are ended by a letter from the governor of the Massachusetts Bay Province.

Day of marriage March 7, 1717

• The temperature on March 7, 1717 was about 5.0 °C. 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 1717: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 4 » The Netherlands, Great Britain, and France sign the Triple Alliance in an attempt to maintain the Treaty of Utrecht; Britain having signed a preliminary alliance with France on November 28 (November 17, 1716).
  • March 31 » A sermon on "The Nature of the Kingdom of Christ" by Benjamin Hoadly, the Bishop of Bangor, preached in the presence of King George I of Great Britain, provokes the Bangorian Controversy.
  • June 24 » The Premier Grand Lodge of England is founded in London, the first Masonic Grand Lodge in the world (now the United Grand Lodge of England).
  • July 17 » King George I of Great Britain sails down the River Thames with a barge of 50 musicians, where George Frideric Handel's Water Music is premiered.
  • August 22 » Spanish troops land on Sardinia.
  • September 29 » An earthquake strikes Antigua Guatemala, destroying much of the city's architecture.

Day of death August 15, 1760

• The temperature on August 15, 1760 was about 16.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly northwest by west. Weather type: regen geheel 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)
• Regent Lodewijk Ernst (Hertog van Brunswijk-Wolfenbüttel) was from 1759 till 1766 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• In the year 1760: Source: Wikipedia
  • March 20 » The Great Boston Fire of 1760 destroys 349 buildings.
  • July 8 » British forces defeat French forces in the last naval battle in New France.
  • August 15 » Seven Years' War: Battle of Liegnitz: Frederick the Great's victory over the Austrians under Ernst Gideon von Laudon.
  • October 9 » Seven Years' War: Russian and Austrian troops briefly occupy Berlin.
  • October 25 » King George III succeeds to the British throne on death of his grandfather George II
  • November 15 » The secondly-built Castellania in Valletta is officially inaugurated with the blessing of the interior Chapel of Sorrows.

Day of burial August 21, 1760

• The temperature on August 21, 1760 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: omtrent helder. 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)
• Regent Lodewijk Ernst (Hertog van Brunswijk-Wolfenbüttel) was from 1759 till 1766 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• In the year 1760: Source: Wikipedia
  • June 23 » Seven Years' War: Battle of Landeshut: Austria defeats Prussia.
  • August 15 » Seven Years' War: Battle of Liegnitz: Frederick the Great's victory over the Austrians under Ernst Gideon von Laudon.
  • October 9 » Seven Years' War: Russian and Austrian troops briefly occupy Berlin.
  • October 10 » In a treaty with the Dutch colonial authorities, the Ndyuka people of Suriname - descended from escaped slaves - gain territorial autonomy.
  • November 15 » The secondly-built Castellania in Valletta is officially inaugurated with the blessing of the interior Chapel of Sorrows.
  • November 18 » The rebuilt debtors' prison, at the Castellania in Valletta, receives the first prisoners.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1714 » Constantin Brâncoveanu, Romanian prince (b. 1654)
• 1728 » Marin Marais, French viol player and composer (b. 1656)
• 1758 » Pierre Bouguer, French mathematician, geophysicist, and astronomer (b. 1698)
• 1799 » Giuseppe Parini, Italian poet and author (b. 1729)
• 1844 » José María Coppinger, governor of Spanish East Florida (b. 1733)
• 1852 » Johan Gadolin, Finnish chemist, physicist, and mineralogist (b. 1760)