Flowers tree » Elizabeth Rack (1682-1770)
Personal data Elizabeth Rack
- She was born on September 6, 1682 in Langenselbold, Main-Kinzig-Kreis, Hessen, Germany.
- She died on January 12, 1770 in Germany, she was 87 years old.
- A child of Paulus Rack and Magdalena Lörch
Household of Elizabeth Rack
She had a relationship with Philip Philippus Faust.
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Birthday September 6, 1682
- 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 1682: Source: Wikipedia
- April 9 » Robert Cavelier de La Salle discovers the mouth of the Mississippi River, claims it for France and names it Louisiana.
- May 6 » Louis XIV of France moves his court to the Palace of Versailles.
- August 24 » William Penn receives the area that is now the state of Delaware, and adds it to his colony of Pennsylvania.
- September 14 » Bishop Gore School, one of the oldest schools in Wales, is founded.
- October 27 » Philadelphia is founded in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Day of death January 12, 1770
- The temperature on January 12, 1770 was about 2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northeast. Weather type: sneeuw. Special wheather fenomena: ijs. 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 1770: Source: Wikipedia
- April 19 » Captain James Cook, still holding the rank of lieutenant, sights the eastern coast of what is now Australia.
- April 20 » The Georgian king, Erekle II, abandoned by his Russian ally Count Totleben, wins a victory over Ottoman forces at Aspindza.
- April 29 » James Cook arrives in Australia at Botany Bay, which he names.
- June 11 » British explorer Captain James Cook runs aground on the Great Barrier Reef.
- July 1 » Lexell's Comet is seen closer to the Earth than any other comet in recorded history, approaching to a distance of 0.0146 astronomical units (2,180,000km; 1,360,000mi).
- August 22 » James Cook names and lands on Possession Island, and claims the east coast of Australia for Britain as New South Wales.
Same birth/death day
- 1633 » Sebastian Knüpfer, German cantor and composer († 1676)
- 1656 » Guillaume Dubois, French cardinal and politician († 1723)
- 1666 » Ivan V of Russia, Russian tsar († 1696)
- 1711 » Henry Muhlenberg, German-American pastor and missionary († 1787)
- 1729 » Moses Mendelssohn, German philosopher and theologian († 1786)
- 1732 » Johan Wilcke, Swedish physicist and academic († 1796)
- 1735 » John Eccles, English composer (b. 1668)
- 1759 » Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (b. 1709)
- 1765 » Johann Melchior Molter, German violinist and composer (b. 1696)
- 1777 » Hugh Mercer, Scottish-American general and physician (b. 1726)
- 1778 » François Bigot, French politician (b. 1703)
- 1781 » Richard Challoner, English bishop (b. 1691)
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R Miller, "Flowers tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/flowers-tree/P2789.php : accessed May 6, 2025), "Elizabeth Rack (1682-1770)".