Holicky Family Tree » Rebecca Atkinson (1658-1710)

Christening day February 19, 1659

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  Van 1650 tot 1672 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Eerste Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• In the year 1659: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 11 » The assault on Copenhagen by Swedish forces is beaten back with heavy losses.
  • May 6 » English Restoration: A faction of the British Army removes Richard Cromwell as Lord Protector of the Commonwealth and reinstalls the Rump Parliament.
  • May 21 » In the Concert of The Hague, the Dutch Republic, the Commonwealth of England and the Kingdom of France set out their views on how the Second Northern War should end.
  • May 25 » Richard Cromwell resigns as Lord Protector of England following the restoration of the Long Parliament, beginning a second brief period of the republican government called the Commonwealth of England.
  • November 10 » Chattrapati Shivaji Maharaj, Maratha King kills Afzal Khan, Adilshahi in the battle popularly known as Battle of Pratapgarh.
  • December 28 » The Marathas defeat the Adilshahi forces in the Battle of Kolhapur.

Day of marriage April 28, 1695

• 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 1695: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 27 » Mustafa II becomes the Ottoman sultan and Caliph of Islam in Istanbul on the death of Ahmed II. Mustafa rules until his abdication in 1703.
  • August 15 » French forces end the bombardment of Brussels.
  • September 7 » Henry Every perpetrates one of the most profitable pirate raids in history with the capture of the Grand Mughal ship Ganj-i-Sawai. In response, Emperor Aurangzeb threatens to end all English trading in India.
  • November 20 » Zumbi, the last of the leaders of Quilombo dos Palmares in early Brazil, is executed by the forces of Portuguese bandeirante Domingos Jorge Velho - an event nowadays commemorated in Black Awareness Day.

Day of death March 28, 1710

• The temperature on March 28, 1710 was about 8.0 °C. 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 1710: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 28 » Battle of Helsingborg: 14,000 Danish invaders under Jørgen Rantzau are decisively defeated by an equally sized Swedish force under Magnus Stenbock. This is the last time Swedish and Danish troops meet on Swedish soil.
  • April 5 » The Statute of Anne receives the royal assent establishing the Copyright law of the United Kingdom.
  • April 10 » The Statute of Anne, the first law regulating copyright, comes into force in Great Britain.
  • August 20 » War of the Spanish Succession: A multinational army led by the Austrian commander Guido Starhemberg defeats the Spanish-Bourbon army commanded by Alexandre Maître, Marquis de Bay in the Battle of Saragossa.
  • October 13 » Port Royal, the capital of French Acadia, falls in a siege by British forces.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1566 » Sigismund von Herberstein, Austrian historian and diplomat (b. 1486)
• 1583 » Magnus, Duke of Holstein (b. 1540)
• 1584 » Ivan the Terrible, Russian king (b. 1530)
• 1687 » Constantijn Huygens, Dutch poet and composer (b. 1596)
• 1794 » Marquis de Condorcet, French mathematician and philosopher (b. 1743)
• 1818 » Antonio Capuzzi, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1755)