Jana Lynn Van Duyn Ancestors » Maria Zymons van der Ruijt (1683-1746)

Christening day May 20, 1683

• 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 1683: Source: Wikipedia
  • June 23 » William Penn signs a friendship treaty with Lenni Lenape Indians in Pennsylvania.
  • July 16 » Manchu Qing dynasty naval forces under traitorous commander Shi Lang defeat the Kingdom of Tungning in the Battle of Penghu near the Pescadores Islands.
  • September 11 » Battle of Vienna: Coalition forces, including the famous winged Hussars, led by Polish King John III Sobieski lift the siege laid by Ottoman forces.
  • October 3 » Qing dynasty naval commander Shi Lang receives the surrender of the Tungning kingdom on Taiwan after the Battle of Penghu.
  • October 6 » Immigrant families found Germantown, Pennsylvania in the first major immigration of German people to America.
  • November 1 » The British Crown colony of New York is subdivided into 12 counties.

Day of marriage August 28, 1701

• 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 1701: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 18 » Frederick I crowns himself King of Prussia in Königsberg.
  • March 9 » Safavid troops retreat from Basra, ending a three year occupation.
  • May 23 » After being convicted of piracy and of murdering William Moore, Captain William Kidd is hanged in London.
  • July 9 » A Bourbon force under Nicolas Catinat withdraws from a smaller Habsburg force under Prince Eugene of Savoy in the Battle of Carpi.
  • July 19 » Representatives of the Iroquois Confederacy sign the Nanfan Treaty, ceding a large territory north of the Ohio River to England.
  • October 9 » The Collegiate School of Connecticut (later renamed Yale University) is chartered in Old Saybrook.

Day of death December 20, 1746

• The temperature on December 20, 1746 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: regen zeer betrokken. 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 1746: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 8 » Second Jacobite rising: Bonnie Prince Charlie occupies Stirling.
  • April 16 » The Battle of Culloden is fought between the French-supported Jacobites and the British Hanoverian forces commanded by William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, in Scotland. After the battle many highland traditions were banned and the Highlands of Scotland were cleared of inhabitants.
  • June 16 » War of the Austrian Succession: Austria and Sardinia defeat a Franco-Spanish army at the Battle of Piacenza.
  • October 22 » The College of New Jersey (later renamed Princeton University) receives its charter.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1722 » Kangxi, emperor of the Qing Dynasty (b. 1654)
• 1723 » Augustus Quirinus Rivinus, German physician and botanist (b. 1652)
• 1740 » Richard Boyle, 2nd Viscount Shannon, English field marshal and politician, Governor of Portsmouth (b. 1675)
• 1765 » Louis, dauphin of France (b. 1729)
• 1768 » Carlo Innocenzo Frugoni, Italian poet and academic (b. 1692)
• 1783 » Antonio Soler, Spanish priest and composer (b. 1729)