Frederick Family Tree » Deacon Johnathan Shaw (1629-1701)

Christening day July 4, 1708

•  This page is only available in Dutch.
  Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• In the year 1708: Source: Wikipedia
  • March 11 » Queen Anne withholds Royal Assent from the Scottish Militia Bill, the last time a British monarch vetoes legislation.
  • March 23 » James Francis Edward Stuart lands at the Firth of Forth as part of the planned French invasion of Britain.
  • September 11 » Charles XII of Sweden stops his march to conquer Moscow outside Smolensk, marking the turning point in the Great Northern War. The army is defeated nine months later in the Battle of Poltava, and the Swedish Empire ceases to be a major power.
  • October 9 » Peter the Great defeats the Swedes at the Battle of Lesnaya.

Day of marriage January 22, 1657

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  Van 1650 tot 1672 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Eerste Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• In the year 1657: Source: Wikipedia
  • March 2 » Great Fire of Meireki: A fire in Edo (now Tokyo), Japan, caused more than 100,000 deaths; it lasted three days
  • April 20 » Admiral Robert Blake destroys a Spanish silver fleet under heavy fire at the Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
  • April 20 » Freedom of religion is granted to the Jews of New Amsterdam (later New York City).
  • October 30 » Anglo-Spanish War: Spanish forces fail to retake Jamaica at the Battle of Ocho Rios.
  • December 27 » The Flushing Remonstrance articulates for the first time in North American history that freedom of religion is a fundamental right.

Day of death July 30, 1701

• 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 1701: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 18 » Frederick I crowns himself King of Prussia in Königsberg.
  • March 9 » Safavid troops retreat from Basra, ending a three year occupation.
  • July 9 » A Bourbon force under Nicolas Catinat withdraws from a smaller Habsburg force under Prince Eugene of Savoy in the Battle of Carpi.
  • July 19 » Representatives of the Iroquois Confederacy sign the Nanfan Treaty, ceding a large territory north of the Ohio River to England.
  • August 4 » Great Peace of Montreal between New France and First Nations is signed.
  • October 9 » The Collegiate School of Connecticut (later renamed Yale University) is chartered in Old Saybrook.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1652 » Charles Amadeus, Duke of Nemours (b. 1624)
• 1680 » Thomas Butler, 6th Earl of Ossory, Irish admiral and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1634)
• 1683 » Maria Theresa of Spain (b. 1638)
• 1691 » Daniel Georg Morhof, German scholar and academic (b. 1639)
• 1700 » Prince William, Duke of Gloucester, English royal (b. 1689)
• 1718 » William Penn, English businessman and philosopher, founded the Province of Pennsylvania (b. 1644)