Genealogy Wink en Schmaltz » Francois Willemsz de Monchy (1689-1733)

Christening day July 3, 1689

• 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 1689: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 13 » William and Mary are proclaimed co-rulers of England.
  • April 11 » William III and Mary II are crowned as joint sovereigns of Great Britain.
  • April 20 » Deposed monarch James II of England lays siege to Derry.
  • May 24 » The English Parliament passes the Act of Toleration protecting dissenting Protestants but excluding Roman Catholics.
  • August 5 » Beaver Wars: Fifteen hundred Iroquois attack Lachine in New France.
  • August 21 » The Battle of Dunkeld in Scotland.

Day of marriage March 25, 1710

• The temperature on March 25, 1710 was about 10.0 °C. Source: KNMI
•  This page is only available in Dutch.
  Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• In the year 1710: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 28 » Battle of Helsingborg: 14,000 Danish invaders under Jørgen Rantzau are decisively defeated by an equally sized Swedish force under Magnus Stenbock. This is the last time Swedish and Danish troops meet on Swedish soil.
  • April 5 » The Statute of Anne receives the royal assent establishing the Copyright law of the United Kingdom.
  • April 10 » The Statute of Anne, the first law regulating copyright, comes into force in Great Britain.
  • August 20 » War of the Spanish Succession: A multinational army led by the Austrian commander Guido Starhemberg defeats the Spanish-Bourbon army commanded by Alexandre Maître, Marquis de Bay in the Battle of Saragossa.
  • October 13 » Port Royal, the capital of French Acadia, falls in a siege by British forces.

Day of death January 31, 1733

• The temperature on January 31, 1733 was about -2 °C. Wind direction mainly east. Weather type: helder. Source: KNMI
•  This page is only available in Dutch.
  Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• In the year 1733: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 12 » Georgia Day: Englishman James Oglethorpe founds Georgia, the 13th colony of the Thirteen Colonies, by settling at Savannah.
  • May 29 » The right of settlers in New France to enslave natives is upheld at Quebec City.
  • July 30 » The first Masonic Grand Lodge in the future United States is constituted in Massachusetts.
  • November 23 » The start of the 1733 slave insurrection on St. John in what was then the Danish West Indies.

Day of burial February 4, 1733

• The temperature on February 4, 1733 was about -0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: helder. Source: KNMI
•  This page is only available in Dutch.
  Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• In the year 1733: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 12 » Georgia Day: Englishman James Oglethorpe founds Georgia, the 13th colony of the Thirteen Colonies, by settling at Savannah.
  • May 29 » The right of settlers in New France to enslave natives is upheld at Quebec City.
  • July 30 » The first Masonic Grand Lodge in the future United States is constituted in Massachusetts.
  • November 23 » The start of the 1733 slave insurrection on St. John in what was then the Danish West Indies.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1686 » Jean Mairet, French playwright (b. 1604)
• 1720 » Thomas Grey, 2nd Earl of Stamford, English politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (b. 1654)
• 1729 » Jacob Roggeveen, Dutch explorer (b. 1659)
• 1736 » Filippo Juvarra, Italian architect and set designer, designed the Basilica of Superga (b. 1678)
• 1790 » Thomas Lewis, Irish-born American lawyer and surveyor (b. 1718)
• 1794 » Mariot Arbuthnot, English admiral and politician, 12th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia (b. 1711)