Geuer Castel Family Tree » Paul Höffer (1707-1765)

Christening day July 31, 1707

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  Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• In the year 1707: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 1 » John V is proclaimed King of Portugal and the Algarves in Lisbon.
  • April 25 » A coalition of Britain, the Netherlands and Portugal is defeated by a Franco-Spanish army at Almansa (Spain) in the War of the Spanish Succession.
  • May 1 » The Act of Union joining England and Scotland to form the Kingdom of Great Britain takes effect.
  • August 20 » The first Siege of Pensacola comes to an end with the failure of the British to capture Pensacola, Florida.
  • October 22 » Four British naval vessels run aground on the Isles of Scilly because of faulty navigation. In response, the first Longitude Act is enacted in 1714.
  • November 30 » The second Siege of Pensacola comes to end with the failure of the British to capture Pensacola, Florida.

Day of marriage March 4, 1737

• The temperature on March 4, 1737 was about 13.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: geheel betrokken storm(achtig). Source: KNMI
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  Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• In the year 1737: Source: Wikipedia
  • March 28 » The Marathas under Baji Rao I attack and defeat the Mughals in the Battle of Delhi.
  • September 20 » The finish of the Walking Purchase which forces the cession of 1.2 million acres (4,860km²) of Lenape-Delaware tribal land to the Pennsylvania Colony.
  • November 4 » The Teatro di San Carlo, the oldest working opera house in Europe, is inaugurated in Naples, Italy.
  • December 24 » The Marathas defeat the combined forces of the Mughal Empire, Rajputs of Jaipur, Nizam of Hyderabad, Nawab of Awadh and Nawab of Bengal in the Battle of Bhopal.

Day of death August 8, 1765

• The temperature on August 8, 1765 was about 20.0 °C. There was 48 mm of rainWind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: regen donker. 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.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1719 » Christoph Ludwig Agricola, German painter (b. 1667)
• 1746 » Francis Hutcheson, Irish philosopher (b. 1694)
• 1747 » Madeleine de Verchères, Canadian raid leader (b. 1678)
• 1759 » Carl Heinrich Graun, German tenor and composer (b. 1704)
• 1827 » George Canning, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1770)
• 1828 » Carl Peter Thunberg, Swedish botanist and psychologist (b. 1743)