Généalogie des descendants de Noel Morin et d'Hélène Desportes » Jacques Chouinard (1663-1721)

Christening day January 6, 1663

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  Van 1650 tot 1672 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Eerste Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• In the year 1663: Source: Wikipedia
  • March 14 » According to his own account, Otto von Guericke completes his book De Vacuo.
  • March 24 » The Province of Carolina is granted by charter to eight Lords Proprietor in reward for their assistance in restoring Charles II of England to the throne.
  • June 8 » Portuguese victory at the Battle of Ameixial ensures Portugal's independence from Spain.
  • June 24 » The Spanish garrison of Évora capitulates, following the Portuguese victory at the Battle of Ameixial.
  • July 8 » Charles II of England grants John Clarke a Royal charter to Rhode Island.
  • July 27 » The English Parliament passes the second Navigation Act requiring that all goods bound for the American colonies have to be sent in English ships from English ports. After the Acts of Union 1707, Scotland would be included in the Act.

Day of marriage June 2, 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
  • 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 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".
  • August 19 » Salem witch trials: In Salem, Province of Massachusetts Bay, five people, one woman and four men, including a clergyman, are executed after being convicted of witchcraft.
  • September 22 » The last hanging of those convicted of witchcraft in the Salem witch trials; others are all eventually released.
  • October 12 » The Salem witch trials are ended by a letter from the governor of the Massachusetts Bay Province.

Day of death October 20, 1721

• The temperature on October 20, 1721 was about 12.0 °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 1721: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 6 » The Committee of Inquiry on the South Sea Bubble publishes its findings, revealing details of fraud among company directors and corrupt politicians.
  • March 24 » Johann Sebastian Bach dedicated six concertos to Margrave Christian Ludwig of Brandenburg-Schwedt, now commonly called the Brandenburg Concertos, BWV 1046-1051.
  • April 4 » Sir Robert Walpole becomes the first British prime minister.
  • April 26 » A massive earthquake devastates the Iranian city of Tabriz.
  • August 18 » The city of Shamakhi in Safavid Shirvan is sacked.
  • October 22 » Russian Empire is proclaimed by Tsar Peter I after the Swedish defeat in the Great Northern War.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1602 » Walter Leveson, Elizabethan member of parliament, Shropshire landowner (b. 1550)
• 1640 » John Ball, English clergyman and theologian (b. 1585)
• 1652 » Antonio Coello, Spanish poet and playwright (b. 1611)
• 1713 » Archibald Pitcairne, Scottish physician and academic (b. 1652)
• 1740 » Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1685)
• 1865 » Champ Ferguson, American guerrilla leader (b. 1821)