Genealogy Harssema » 2nd Earl George John SPENCER (1758-1834)

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Household of 2nd Earl George John SPENCER

He is married to Lavinia BINGHAM.

They got married on March 6, 1781 at Mayfair London England U.K, he was 22 years old.


Child(ren):

  2. Sarah SPENCER  1787-1870 
  3. Richard SPENCER  1789-1791
  5. William SPENCER  ± 1792-????
  6. Harriet SPENCER  1793-1793
  8. Frederick SPENCER  1798-1857 
  9. George SPENCER  1799-1864

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Birthday September 1, 1758

  • The temperature on September 1, 1758 was about 17.0 °C. There was 48 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: regen geheel betrokken stofregen. 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)
  • Regentes Anna (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1759 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1758: Source: Wikipedia
    • June 23 » Seven Years' War: Battle of Krefeld: British, Hanoverian, and Prussian forces defeat French troops at Krefeld in Germany.
    • July 8 » French forces hold Fort Carillon against the British at Ticonderoga, New York.
    • August 25 » Seven Years' War: Frederick II of Prussia defeats the Russian army at the Battle of Zorndorf.
    • November 25 » French and Indian War: British forces capture Fort Duquesne from French control. Later, Fort Pitt will be built nearby and grow into modern Pittsburgh.
    • December 13 » The English transport ship Duke William sinks in the North Atlantic, killing over 360 people.
    • December 25 » Halley's Comet is sighted by Johann Georg Palitzsch, confirming Edmund Halley's prediction of its passage. This was the first passage of a comet predicted ahead of time.

Day of marriage March 6, 1781

  • The temperature on March 6, 1781 was about 3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west by south. Weather type: omtrent helder betrokken. 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 1781: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 5 » American Revolutionary War: Richmond, Virginia, is burned by British naval forces led by Benedict Arnold.
    • January 6 » In the Battle of Jersey, the British defeat the last attempt by France to invade Jersey in the Channel Islands.
    • March 1 » The Articles of Confederation goes into effect in the United States.
    • June 3 » Jack Jouett begins his midnight ride to warn Thomas Jefferson and the Virginia legislature of an impending raid by Banastre Tarleton.
    • September 6 » The Battle of Groton Heights takes place, resulting in a British victory.
    • November 29 » The crew of the British slave ship Zong murders 133 Africans by dumping them into the sea to claim insurance.

Day of death November 10, 1834

  • The temperature on November 10, 1834 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: omtrent betrokken. Source: KNMI
  •  This page is only available in Dutch.
    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 1834: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
    • March 6 » York, Upper Canada, is incorporated as Toronto.
    • May 16 » The Battle of Asseiceira is fought, the last and decisive engagement of the Liberal Wars in Portugal.
    • August 1 » Slavery is abolished in the British Empire as the Slavery Abolition Act 1833 comes into force, although it remains legal in the possessions of the East India Company until the passage of the Indian Slavery Act, 1843.
    • October 9 » Opening of the Dublin and Kingstown Railway, the first public railway on the island of Ireland.
    • October 16 » Much of the ancient structure of the Palace of Westminster in London burns to the ground.
    • December 1 » Slavery is abolished in the Cape Colony in accordance with the Slavery Abolition Act 1833.


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