Genealogy Broekzitter » Petrus (Pieter) Francken (1702-1771)

Day of marriage April 15, 1724

• The temperature on April 15, 1724 was about 8.0 °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 1724: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 28 » The Russian Academy of Sciences is founded in St. Petersburg by Peter the Great, and implemented by Senate decree. It is called the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences until 1917.
  • April 7 » Premiere performance of Johann Sebastian Bach's St John Passion, BWV245, at St. Nicholas Church, Leipzig.
  • November 11 » Joseph Blake, alias Blueskin, a highwayman known for attacking "Thief-Taker General" (and thief) Jonathan Wild at the Old Bailey, is hanged in London.
  • December 7 » Tumult of Thorn: Religious unrest is followed by the execution of nine Protestant citizens and the mayor of Thorn (Toruń) by Polish authorities.

Day of death March 1, 1771

• The temperature on March 1, 1771 was about 1.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: donker. 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 1771: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 12 » Gustav III becomes the King of Sweden.
  • May 16 » The Battle of Alamance, a pre-American Revolutionary War battle between local militia and a group of rebels called The "Regulators", occurs in present-day Alamance County, North Carolina.
  • July 14 » Foundation of the Mission San Antonio de Padua in modern California by the Franciscan friar Junípero Serra.
  • July 17 » Bloody Falls massacre: Chipewyan chief Matonabbee, traveling as the guide to Samuel Hearne on his Arctic overland journey, massacres a group of unsuspecting Inuit.
  • October 17 » Premiere in Milan of the opera Ascanio in Alba, composed by Mozart at age 15.

Day of burial March 4, 1771

• The temperature on March 4, 1771 was about 1.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: donker. 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 1771: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 12 » Gustav III becomes the King of Sweden.
  • May 16 » The Battle of Alamance, a pre-American Revolutionary War battle between local militia and a group of rebels called The "Regulators", occurs in present-day Alamance County, North Carolina.
  • July 14 » Foundation of the Mission San Antonio de Padua in modern California by the Franciscan friar Junípero Serra.
  • July 17 » Bloody Falls massacre: Chipewyan chief Matonabbee, traveling as the guide to Samuel Hearne on his Arctic overland journey, massacres a group of unsuspecting Inuit.
  • October 17 » Premiere in Milan of the opera Ascanio in Alba, composed by Mozart at age 15.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1734 » Roger North, English lawyer and author (b. 1653)
• 1768 » Hermann Samuel Reimarus, German philosopher and author (b. 1694)
• 1773 » Luigi Vanvitelli, Italian architect, designed the Palace of Caserta (b. 1700)
• 1792 » Angelo Emo, Venetian admiral and statesman (b. 1731)
• 1792 » Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1747)
• 1841 » Claude Victor-Perrin, Duc de Belluno, French general and politician, French Minister of Defence (b. 1764)