Genealogy Thrutchley/Anderson/Fitzgerel/Cox/Staley » William Augustus - Prince - Duke of Cumberland (1721-1765)
Personal data William Augustus - Prince - Duke of Cumberland
Source 1Source 2- Alternative names: William Augustus Hanover, Prince William Duke of Cumberland, Prince William Augustus
- He was born on April 15, 1721 in Leicester House, London, England.
- Alternative: He was born on April 26, 1721 in House, Quay, New Mexico, United States.Source 2
- Alternative: He was born on April 26, 1721 in Leicester House, London, City of London, Greater London, England.
- He died on October 31, 1765 in Mayfair, London, England, he was 44 years old.
- Alternative: He died on October 31, 1765 in London, London, England, he was 44 years old.Source 2
- Alternative: He died on October 31, 1765 in London, City of London, Greater London, England, he was 44 years old.
- A child of King George II Augustus Knight of the Garter King GREAT BRITAIN and Queen Wilhelmina Charlotte Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Queen consort of Great Britain and Ireland
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Sources
- Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree / Ancestry.com
- Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
Historical events
Birthday April 26, 1721
- The temperature on April 26, 1721 was about 13.0 °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 1721: Source: Wikipedia
- January 6 » The Committee of Inquiry on the South Sea Bubble publishes its findings, revealing details of fraud among company directors and corrupt politicians.
- March 24 » Johann Sebastian Bach dedicated six concertos to Margrave Christian Ludwig of Brandenburg-Schwedt, now commonly called the Brandenburg Concertos, BWV 1046-1051.
- April 4 » Sir Robert Walpole becomes the first British prime minister.
- April 26 » A massive earthquake devastates the Iranian city of Tabriz.
- August 18 » The city of Shamakhi in Safavid Shirvan is sacked.
- October 22 » Russian Empire is proclaimed by Tsar Peter I after the Swedish defeat in the Great Northern War.
Day of death October 31, 1765
- The temperature on October 31, 1765 was about 10.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly north west from. Weather type: regen 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)
- Regent Lodewijk Ernst (Hertog van Brunswijk-Wolfenbüttel) was from 1759 till 1766 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- In the year 1765: Source: Wikipedia
- January 25 » Port Egmont, the first British settlement in the Falkland Islands near the southern tip of South America, is founded.
- March 9 » After a campaign by the writer Voltaire, judges in Paris posthumously exonerate Jean Calas of murdering his son. Calas had been tortured and executed in 1762 on the charge, though his son may have actually committed suicide.
- March 22 » The British Parliament passes the Stamp Act that introduces a tax to be levied directly on its American colonies.
- March 24 » Great Britain passes the Quartering Act, which requires the Thirteen Colonies to house British troops.
- August 12 » Treaty of Allahabad is signed. The Treaty marks the political and constitutional involvement and the beginning of Company rule in India.
- November 1 » The British Parliament enacts the Stamp Act on the Thirteen Colonies in order to help pay for British military operations in North America.
Same birth/death day
- 1697 » Adam Falckenhagen, German lute player and composer († 1754)
- 1710 » Thomas Reid, Scottish philosopher and academic († 1796)
- 1718 » Esek Hopkins, American commander († 1802)
- 1774 » Christian Leopold von Buch, German geologist and paleontologist († 1853)
- 1782 » Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily († 1866)
- 1785 » John James Audubon, French-American ornithologist and painter († 1851)
- 1723 » Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1642)
- 1732 » Victor Amadeus II, Duke of Savoy (b. 1666)
- 1733 » Eberhard Louis, Duke of Württemberg (b. 1676)
- 1744 » Leonardo Leo, Italian composer (b. 1694)
- 1768 » Francesco Maria Veracini, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1690)
- 1806 » Kitagawa Utamaro, Japanese artist and printmaker (b. ca. 1753)
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