Genealogy Ludwig » Frederick William I (1688-1740)
Personal data Frederick William I
- He was born on August 14, 1688 in Berlin, Germany.
- Title: King of Prussia
- He died on May 31, 1740 in Potsdam, Germany, he was 51 years old.
- A child of I Frederick and Sophia Charlotte
Household of Frederick William I
Attention: Wife (Sophia Dorothea Hanover) is also his cousin.
He is married to Sophia Dorothea Hanover.
They got married on November 28, 1706 at Berlin, he was 18 years old.
Child(ren):
- Frederick Louis 1707-1708
- Frederick William 1710-1711
- Frederick Ii The Great 1712-1786
- Charlotte Albertine 1713-1714
- Frederica Louise 1714-1784
- Philippine Charlotte 1716-1801
- Louis Charles William 1717-1719
- Sophia 1719-1765
- Louise Ulrika 1720-1782
- Anna Amelia 1725-1787
- Henry 1726-1802
- Ferdinand 1730-1813
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Historical events
Birthday August 14, 1688
- 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 1688: Source: Wikipedia
- May 10 » King Narai nominates Phetracha as regent, leading to the revolution of 1688 in which Phetracha becomes king of the Ayutthaya Kingdom.
- June 30 » The Immortal Seven issue the Invitation to William, which would culminate in the Glorious Revolution.
- November 1 » William III of Orange sets out a second time from Hellevoetsluis in the Netherlands to seize the crowns of England, Scotland and Ireland from King James II of England during the Glorious Revolution.
- November 9 » Glorious Revolution: William of Orange captures Exeter.
- December 11 » Glorious Revolution: James II of England, while trying to flee to France, throws the Great Seal of the Realm into the River Thames.
- December 23 » As part of the Glorious Revolution, King James II of England flees from England to Paris, France after being deposed in favor of his nephew, William of Orange and his daughter Mary.
Day of marriage November 28, 1706
- 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 1706: Source: Wikipedia
- February 3 » During the Battle of Fraustadt Swedish forces defeat a superior Saxon-Polish-Russian force by deploying a double envelopment.
- May 23 » John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, defeats a French army under Marshal François de Neufville, duc de Villeroy at the Battle of Ramillies.
- July 22 » The Acts of Union 1707 are agreed upon by commissioners from the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland, which, when passed by each countries' Parliaments, led to the creation of the Kingdom of Great Britain.
- September 7 » War of the Spanish Succession: Siege of Turin ends, leading to the withdrawal of French forces from North Italy.
Day of death May 31, 1740
- The temperature on May 31, 1740 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. 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 1740: Source: Wikipedia
- April 8 » War of Jenkins' Ear: Three British ships capture the Spanish third-rate Princesa, taken into service as HMSPrincess.
- June 13 » Georgia provincial governor James Oglethorpe begins an unsuccessful attempt to take Spanish Florida during the Siege of St. Augustine.
- June 26 » A combined force of Spanish, free blacks and allied Indians defeat a British garrison at the Siege of Fort Mose near St. Augustine during the War of Jenkins' Ear.
- August 17 » Pope Benedict XIV, previously known as Prospero Lambertini, succeeds Clement XII as the 247th Pope.
- October 9 » Dutch colonists and Javanese natives begin massacring the ethnic Chinese population in Batavia, eventually killing 10,000.
- October 20 » France, Prussia, Bavaria and Saxony refuse to honour the Pragmatic Sanction, and the War of the Austrian Succession begins.
Same birth/death day
- 1642 » Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany († 1723)
- 1645 » Carlos de Sigüenza y Góngora, Mexican secular priest, scientist, and savant († 1700)
- 1653 » Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle, English colonel and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica († 1688)
- 1688 » Frederick William I of Prussia († 1740)
- 1714 » Claude Joseph Vernet, French painter († 1789)
- 1738 » Leopold Hofmann, Austrian composer and conductor († 1793)
- 1665 » Pieter Jansz. Saenredam, Dutch painter (b. 1597)
- 1680 » Joachim Neander, German theologian and educator (b. 1650)
- 1740 » Frederick William I of Prussia (b. 1688)
- 1747 » Andrey Osterman, German-Russian politician, Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1686)
- 1809 » Jean Lannes, French general (b. 1769)
- 1809 » Joseph Haydn, Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1732)
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