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Ancestors (and descendant) of William Foster

Josiah Foster
1634-1687
Marion Mary Logan or Logain
1637-????
William FOSTER
± 1660-> 1710
Mary Logan
1664-1710

William Foster
1689-1780


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    Birthday December 26, 1689

    • 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 1689: Source: Wikipedia
      • January 22 » The Convention Parliament convenes to determine whether James II and VII, the last Roman Catholic monarch of England, Ireland and Scotland, had vacated the thrones of England and Ireland when he fled to France in 1688.
      • February 13 » William and Mary are proclaimed co-rulers of England.
      • March 16 » The 23rd Regiment of Foot, or Royal Welch Fusiliers, is founded.
      • April 18 » Bostonians rise up in rebellion against Sir Edmund Andros.
      • August 21 » The Battle of Dunkeld in Scotland.
      • October 26 » General Piccolomini of Austria burns down Skopje to prevent the spread of cholera; he died of the disease himself soon after.

    Day of death October 11, 1780

    • The temperature on October 11, 1780 was about 14.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north west from. 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 1780: Source: Wikipedia
      • March 14 » American Revolutionary War: Spanish forces capture Fort Charlotte in Mobile, Alabama, the last British frontier post capable of threatening New Orleans.
      • March 17 » American Revolution: George Washington grants the Continental Army a holiday "as an act of solidarity with the Irish in their fight for independence".
      • April 16 » Franz Friedrich Wilhelm von Fürstenberg founds the University of Münster.
      • August 22 » James Cook's ship HMSResolution returns to England (Cook having been killed on Hawaii during the voyage).
      • September 23 » American Revolution: British Major John André is arrested as a spy by American soldiers exposing Benedict Arnold's change of sides.
      • October 16 » The Great Hurricane of 1780 finishes after its sixth day, killing between 20,000 and 24,000 residents of the Lesser Antilles.
    

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    Source: Wikipedia

    Source: Wikipedia


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