Genealogie ter Beek » Theodorus Dirk Govers Hulspas (1706-1774)

Day of marriage January 8, 1730

• The temperature on January 8, 1730 was about -2 °C. Wind direction mainly south. Weather type: helder. 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 1730: Source: Wikipedia
  • April 8 » Shearith Israel, the first synagogue in New York City, is dedicated.
  • July 8 » An estimated magnitude 8.7 earthquake causes a tsunami that damages more than 1,000km (620mi) of Chile's coastline.
  • October 1 » Ahmed III is forced to abdicate as the Ottoman sultan.
  • October 22 » Construction of the Ladoga Canal is completed.
  • November 18 » The future Frederick II (known as Frederick the Great), King of Prussia, is granted a royal pardon and released from confinement.

Day of death January 11, 1774

• The temperature on January 11, 1774 was about 0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: helder. 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 1774: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 21 » Abdul Hamid I becomes Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam.
  • March 31 » American Revolutionary War: The Kingdom of Great Britain orders the port of Boston, Massachusetts closed pursuant to the Boston Port Act.
  • June 2 » Intolerable Acts: The Quartering Act is enacted, allowing a governor in colonial America to house British soldiers in uninhabited houses, outhouses, barns, or other buildings if suitable quarters are not provided.
  • July 4 » Orangetown Resolutions are adopted in the Province of New York, one of many protests against the British Parliament's Coercive Acts.
  • July 21 » Russo-Turkish War (1768–74): Russia and the Ottoman Empire sign the Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca ending the war.
  • October 26 » The first Continental Congress adjourns in Philadelphia.

Day of burial January 18, 1774

• The temperature on January 18, 1774 was about 2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northeast. Weather type: sneeuw omtrent helder. 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 1774: Source: Wikipedia
  • March 31 » American Revolutionary War: The Kingdom of Great Britain orders the port of Boston, Massachusetts closed pursuant to the Boston Port Act.
  • June 2 » Intolerable Acts: The Quartering Act is enacted, allowing a governor in colonial America to house British soldiers in uninhabited houses, outhouses, barns, or other buildings if suitable quarters are not provided.
  • June 22 » The British pass the Quebec Act, setting out rules of governance for the colony of Quebec in British North America.
  • July 4 » Orangetown Resolutions are adopted in the Province of New York, one of many protests against the British Parliament's Coercive Acts.
  • September 1 » Massachusetts Bay colonists rise up in the bloodless Powder Alarm.
  • September 5 » First Continental Congress assembles in Philadelphia.

Source: Wikipedia

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