Genealogy Harssema » 1st Duke William Henry HANOVER of Gloucester (1743-1805)

Personal data 1st Duke William Henry HANOVER of Gloucester 


Household of 1st Duke William Henry HANOVER of Gloucester

(1) He is married to Maria WALPOLE.

They got married on September 6, 1766, he was 22 years old.


Child(ren):



(2) He is married to Almeria CARPENTER.

They got married


Child(ren):

  1. Louisa Maria la COAST  1782-1835 


Notes about 1st Duke William Henry HANOVER of Gloucester

34C1R from King Adgillis II van Friesland (ca 0678 - ca 737).
34C2R from King Adgillis II van Friesland (ca 0678 - ca 737).
34C3R from King Adgillis II van Friesland (ca 0678 - ca 737).
34C5R from King Adgillis II van Friesland (ca 0678 - ca 737).
35th Cousin from King Adgillis II van Friesland (ca 0678 - ca 737).
35C1R from King Adgillis II van Friesland (ca 0678 - ca 737).
35C2R from King Adgillis II van Friesland (ca 0678 - ca 737).
35C4R from King Adgillis II van Friesland (ca 0678 - ca 737).
35C1R* from King Adgillis II van Friesland (ca 0678 - ca 737).
36th Cousin from King Adgillis II van Friesland (ca 0678 - ca 737).
36C1R from King Adgillis II van Friesland (ca 0678 - ca 737).
36C3R from King Adgillis II van Friesland (ca 0678 - ca 737).
35C2R* from King Adgillis II van Friesland (ca 0678 - ca 737).
36C1R* from King Adgillis II van Friesland (ca 0678 - ca 737).
37th Cousin from King Adgillis II van Friesland (ca 0678 - ca 737).
37C2R from King Adgillis II van Friesland (ca 0678 - ca 737).

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Birthday November 14, 1743

  • The temperature on November 14, 1743 was about 9.0 °C. There was 92 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: geheel betrokken bliksem. 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 1743: Source: Wikipedia
    • May 12 » Maria Theresa of Austria is crowned Queen of Bohemia after defeating her rival, Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor.
    • May 19 » Jean-Pierre Christin developed the centigrade temperature scale.
    • June 27 » In the Battle of Dettingen, George II becomes the last reigning British monarch to participate in a battle.
    • September 13 » Great Britain, Austria and the Kingdom of Sardinia sign the Treaty of Worms.

Day of marriage September 6, 1766

  • The temperature on September 6, 1766 was about 15.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north west from. Weather type: omtrent helder zeer betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: dauw. 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 1766: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 5 » Antonio de Ulloa, the first Spanish governor of Louisiana, arrives in New Orleans.
    • March 18 » American Revolution: The British Parliament repeals the Stamp Act.
    • May 22 » A large earthquake causes heavy damage and loss of life in Istanbul and the Marmara region.
    • July 1 » François-Jean de la Barre, a young French nobleman, is tortured and beheaded before his body is burnt on a pyre along with a copy of Voltaire's Dictionnaire philosophique nailed to his torso for the crime of not saluting a Roman Catholic religious procession in Abbeville, France.
    • December 5 » In London, auctioneer James Christie holds his first sale.
    • December 25 » Mapuches in Chile launch a series of surprise attacks against the Spanish starting the Mapuche uprising of 1766.

Day of death August 25, 1805

  • The temperature on August 25, 1805 was about 19.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
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    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In the year 1805: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 11 » The Michigan Territory is created.
    • July 22 » Napoleonic Wars: War of the Third Coalition: Battle of Cape Finisterre: An inconclusive naval action is fought between a combined French and Spanish fleet under Admiral Pierre-Charles Villeneuve of Spain and a British fleet under Admiral Robert Calder.
    • October 14 » War of the Third Coalition: A French corps defeats an Austrian attempt to escape encirclement at Ulm.
    • October 19 » War of the Third Coalition: Austrian General Mack surrenders his army to Napoleon at the Battle of Ulm.
    • October 21 » Napoleonic Wars: A British fleet led by Lord Nelson defeats a combined French and Spanish fleet under Admiral Villeneuve in the Battle of Trafalgar.
    • November 20 » Beethoven's only opera, Fidelio, premieres in Vienna.


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