Genealogy Broekzitter » Maria (Marchje) Andriessen (1668-1747)

Day of marriage March 26, 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
  • February 13 » Massacre of Glencoe: Almost 80 Macdonalds at Glen Coe, Scotland are killed early in the morning for not promptly pledging allegiance to the new king, William of Orange.
  • 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 2 » Bridget Bishop is the first person to be tried for witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts; she was found guilty and later hanged.
  • 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".
  • September 22 » The last hanging of those convicted of witchcraft in the Salem witch trials; others are all eventually released.

Day of death March 13, 1747

• The temperature on March 13, 1747 was about -0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-southeast. 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.
• Erfstadhouder Prins Willem IV (Huis van Oranje) was from 1747 till 1751 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• In the year 1747: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 31 » The first venereal diseases clinic opens at London Lock Hospital.
  • May 14 » War of the Austrian Succession: A British fleet under Admiral George Anson defeats the French at the First Battle of Cape Finisterre.
  • October 25 » War of the Austrian Succession: A British fleet under Admiral Edward Hawke defeats the French at the Second Battle of Cape Finisterre.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1711 » Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux, French poet and critic (b. 1636)
• 1719 » Johann Friedrich Böttger, German chemist and potter (b. 1682)
• 1800 » Nana Fadnavis, Indian minister and politician (b. 1742)
• 1808 » Christian VII of Denmark (b. 1749)
• 1823 » John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent, English admiral and politician (b. 1735)
• 1833 » William Bradley, English lieutenant and cartographer (b. 1757)