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Day of marriage May 26, 1657

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  Van 1650 tot 1672 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Eerste Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• In the year 1657: Source: Wikipedia
  • March 2 » Great Fire of Meireki: A fire in Edo (now Tokyo), Japan, caused more than 100,000 deaths; it lasted three days
  • April 20 » Admiral Robert Blake destroys a Spanish silver fleet under heavy fire at the Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
  • April 20 » Freedom of religion is granted to the Jews of New Amsterdam (later New York City).
  • October 30 » Anglo-Spanish War: Spanish forces fail to retake Jamaica at the Battle of Ocho Rios.
  • December 27 » The Flushing Remonstrance articulates for the first time in North American history that freedom of religion is a fundamental right.

Day of death April 4, 1700

• 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 1700: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 26 » The 8.7–9.2 M_w Cascadia earthquake takes place off the west coast of North America, as evidenced by Japanese records.
  • February 27 » The island of New Britain is discovered by Europeans.
  • February 28 » Today is followed by March 1 in Sweden, thus creating the Swedish calendar.
  • March 1 » Sweden introduces its own Swedish calendar, in an attempt to gradually merge into the Gregorian calendar, reverts to the Julian calendar on this date in 1712, and introduces the Gregorian calendar on this date in 1753.

Day of burial September 7, 1715

• The temperature on September 7, 1715 was about 14.0 °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 1715: Source: Wikipedia
  • April 15 » The Pocotaligo Massacre triggers the start of the Yamasee War in colonial South Carolina.
  • May 3 » A total solar eclipse was visible across northern Europe, and northern Asia, as predicted by Edmond Halley to within 4 minutes accuracy.
  • July 20 » Seventh Ottoman–Venetian War: The Ottoman Empire captures Nauplia, the capital of the Republic of Venice's "Kingdom of the Morea", thereby opening the way to the swift Ottoman reconquest of the Morea.
  • July 31 » Seven days after a Spanish treasure fleet of 12 ships left Havana, Cuba for Spain, 11 of them sink in a storm off the coast of Florida. A few centuries later, treasure is salvaged from these wrecks.
  • September 1 » King Louis XIV of France dies after a reign of 72 years, which is the longest of any major European monarch.
  • November 13 » Jacobite rising in Scotland: Battle of Sheriffmuir: The forces of the Kingdom of Great Britain halt the Jacobite advance, although the action is inconclusive.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1643 » Simon Episcopius, Dutch theologian and academic (b. 1583)
• 1661 » Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven, Scottish field marshal (b. 1580)
• 1743 » Daniel Neal, English historian and author (b. 1678)
• 1761 » Théodore Gardelle, Swiss painter (b. 1722)
• 1766 » John Taylor, English librarian and scholar (b. 1704)
• 1774 » Oliver Goldsmith, Irish novelist, playwright and poet (b. 1728)