Genealogy Ludwig » Frederick Ii The Great (1712-1786)
Personal data Frederick Ii The Great
- He was born on January 24, 1712 in Berlin, Germany.
- Title: King of Prussia
- He died on August 17, 1786 in Sans Souci, Potsdam, Germany, he was 74 years old.
- A child of Frederick William and Sophia Dorothea Hanover
Household of Frederick Ii The Great
He is married to Elizabeth Christine.
They got married in the year 1733, he was 20 years old.
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Historical events
Birthday January 24, 1712
- The temperature on January 24, 1712 was about 3.0 °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 1712: Source: Wikipedia
- February 10 » Huilliches in Chiloé rebel against Spanish encomenderos.
- February 29 » February 29 is followed by February 30 in Sweden, in a move to abolish the Swedish calendar for a return to the Julian calendar.
- April 6 » The New York Slave Revolt of 1712 begins near Broadway.
- July 31 » Action of 31 July 1712 (Great Northern War): Danish and Swedish ships clash in the Baltic Sea; the result is inconclusive.
- August 17 » Action of 17 August 1712 New Deep naval battle between Denmark and Sweden.
- October 3 » The Duke of Montrose issues a warrant for the arrest of Rob Roy MacGregor.
Day of death August 17, 1786
- The temperature on August 17, 1786 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north. Weather type: zeer 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 1786: Source: Wikipedia
- January 16 » Virginia enacts the Statute for Religious Freedom authored by Thomas Jefferson.
- June 10 » A landslide dam on the Dadu River created by an earthquake ten days earlier collapses, killing 100,000 in the Sichuan province of China.
- August 7 » The first federal Indian Reservation is created by the United States.
- August 11 » Captain Francis Light establishes the British colony of Penang in Malaysia.
- August 29 » Shays' Rebellion, an armed uprising of Massachusetts farmers, begins in response to high debt and tax burdens.
- November 30 » The Grand Duchy of Tuscany, under Pietro Leopoldo I, becomes the first modern state to abolish the death penalty (later commemorated as Cities for Life Day).
Same birth/death day
- 1684 » Charles Alexander, Duke of Württemberg, German noble († 1737)
- 1705 » Farinelli, Italian castrato singer († 1782)
- 1709 » Dom Bédos de Celles, French monk and organist († 1779)
- 1712 » Frederick the Great, Prussian king († 1786)
- 1732 » Pierre Beaumarchais, French playwright and financier († 1799)
- 1739 » Jean Nicolas Houchard, French General of the French Revolution († 1793)
- 1768 » Vasily Trediakovsky, Russian poet and playwright (b. 1703)
- 1785 » Jonathan Trumbull, English-American merchant and politician, 16th Governor of Connecticut (b. 1710)
- 1786 » Frederick the Great, Prussian king (b. 1712)
- 1809 » Matthew Boulton, English businessman and engineer, co-founded Boulton and Watt (b. 1728)
- 1814 » John Johnson, English architect and surveyor (b. 1732)
- 1834 » Husein Gradaščević, Ottoman general (b. 1802)
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Richard Oliver Ludwig, "Genealogy Ludwig", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/genealogy-ludwig/I23955.php : accessed May 20, 2024), "Frederick Ii The Great (1712-1786)".