John E Baltz Family Tree » Mary Rhodes (1662-1706)

Christening day July 8, 1792

• The temperature on July 8, 1792 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south by east. Weather type: zeer 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)
• In the year 1792: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 25 » The London Corresponding Society is founded.
  • April 25 » Highwayman Nicolas J. Pelletier becomes the first person executed by guillotine.
  • June 1 » Kentucky is admitted as the 15th state of the United States.
  • August 16 » Maximilien de Robespierre presents the petition of the Commune of Paris to the Legislative Assembly, which demanded the formation of a revolutionary tribunal.
  • September 2 » During what became known as the September Massacres of the French Revolution, rampaging mobs slaughter three Roman Catholic bishops, more than two hundred priests, and prisoners believed to be royalist sympathizers.
  • September 22 » Primidi Vendémiaire of year one of the French Republican Calendar as the French First Republic comes into being.

Day of marriage January 26, 1704

•  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 1704: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 25 » The Battle of Ayubale results in the destruction of most of the Spanish missions in Florida.
  • February 29 » Queen Anne's War: French forces and Native Americans stage a raid on Deerfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony, killing 56 villagers and taking more than 100 captive.
  • April 24 » The first regular newspaper in British Colonial America, The Boston News-Letter, is published.
  • August 4 » War of the Spanish Succession: Gibraltar is captured by an English and Dutch fleet, commanded by Admiral Sir George Rooke and allied with Archduke Charles.
  • August 13 » War of the Spanish Succession: Battle of Blenheim: English and Imperial forces are victorious over French and Bavarian troops.
  • December 6 » Battle of Chamkaur: During the Mughal-Sikh Wars, an outnumbered Sikh Khalsa defeats a Mughal army.

Day of death December 6, 1706

•  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 1706: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 3 » During the Battle of Fraustadt Swedish forces defeat a superior Saxon-Polish-Russian force by deploying a double envelopment.
  • May 23 » John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, defeats a French army under Marshal François de Neufville, duc de Villeroy at the Battle of Ramillies.
  • July 22 » The Acts of Union 1707 are agreed upon by commissioners from the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland, which, when passed by each countries' Parliaments, led to the creation of the Kingdom of Great Britain.
  • September 7 » War of the Spanish Succession: Siege of Turin ends, leading to the withdrawal of French forces from North Italy.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1658 » Baltasar Gracián, Spanish priest and author (b. 1601)
• 1675 » John Lightfoot, English priest, scholar, and academic (b. 1602)
• 1686 » Eleonora Gonzaga, Queen consort of Ferdinand III (b. 1630)
• 1716 » Benedictus Buns, Dutch priest and composer (b. 1642)
• 1718 » Nicholas Rowe, English poet and playwright (b. 1674)
• 1746 » Lady Grizel Baillie, Scottish poet and songwriter (b. 1665)