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Christening day April 11, 1709

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  Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• In the year 1709: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 2 » Alexander Selkirk is rescued after being shipwrecked on a desert island, inspiring Daniel Defoe's adventure book Robinson Crusoe.
  • June 28 » Peter the Great defeats Charles XII of Sweden at the Battle of Poltava.
  • July 8 » Peter I of Russia defeats Charles XII of Sweden at the Battle of Poltava, thus effectively ending Sweden's status as a major power in Europe.
  • August 8 » Bartolomeu de Gusmão demonstrates the lifting power of hot air in an audience before the king of Portugal in Lisbon, Portugal.
  • August 28 » Meidingnu Pamheiba is crowned King of Manipur.
  • September 11 » Battle of Malplaquet: Great Britain, Netherlands and Austria fight against France.

Day of marriage December 13, 1734

• The temperature on December 13, 1734 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: geheel betrokken regen. 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 1734: Source: Wikipedia
  • June 21 » In Montreal in New France, a slave known by the French name of Marie-Joseph Angélique is put to death, having been convicted of setting the fire that destroyed much of the city.

Day of death March 2, 1777

• The temperature on March 2, 1777 was about 3.0 °C. Weather type: betrokken mist. 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 1777: Source: Wikipedia
  • April 27 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Ridgefield: A British invasion force engages and defeats Continental Army regulars and militia irregulars at Ridgefield, Connecticut.
  • June 13 » American Revolutionary War: Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette lands near Charleston, South Carolina, in order to help the Continental Congress to train its army.
  • July 7 » American forces retreating from Fort Ticonderoga are defeated in the Battle of Hubbardton.
  • August 22 » British forces abandon the Siege of Fort Stanwix after hearing rumors of Continental Army reinforcements.
  • October 6 » American Revolutionary War: British forces capture Forts Clinton and Montgomery on the Hudson River.
  • December 19 » American Revolutionary War: George Washington's Continental Army goes into winter quarters at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1729 » Francesco Bianchini, Italian astronomer and philosopher (b. 1662)
• 1755 » Louis de Rouvroy, French duke and diplomat (b. 1675)
• 1791 » John Wesley, English cleric and theologian (b. 1703)
• 1793 » Carl Gustaf Pilo, Swedish-Danish painter and academic (b. 1711)
• 1797 » Horace Walpole, English historian and politician (b. 1717)
• 1829 » Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez, Mexican revolutionary (b. ca. 1773)