Kennedy Family Tree » Alexander Wilson (1692-1769)

Christening day April 11, 1708

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  Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• In the year 1708: Source: Wikipedia
  • March 11 » Queen Anne withholds Royal Assent from the Scottish Militia Bill, the last time a British monarch vetoes legislation.
  • March 23 » James Francis Edward Stuart lands at the Firth of Forth as part of the planned French invasion of Britain.
  • September 11 » Charles XII of Sweden stops his march to conquer Moscow outside Smolensk, marking the turning point in the Great Northern War. The army is defeated nine months later in the Battle of Poltava, and the Swedish Empire ceases to be a major power.
  • October 9 » Peter the Great defeats the Swedes at the Battle of Lesnaya.

Day of marriage June 11, 1724

• The temperature on June 11, 1724 was about 22.0 °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 1724: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 28 » The Russian Academy of Sciences is founded in St. Petersburg by Peter the Great, and implemented by Senate decree. It is called the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences until 1917.
  • April 7 » Premiere performance of Johann Sebastian Bach's St John Passion, BWV245, at St. Nicholas Church, Leipzig.
  • November 11 » Joseph Blake, alias Blueskin, a highwayman known for attacking "Thief-Taker General" (and thief) Jonathan Wild at the Old Bailey, is hanged in London.
  • December 7 » Tumult of Thorn: Religious unrest is followed by the execution of nine Protestant citizens and the mayor of Thorn (Toruń) by Polish authorities.

Day of death July 9, 1769

• The temperature on July 9, 1769 was about 15.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northeast. Weather type: vochtig betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: dauw. 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 1769: Source: Wikipedia
  • July 14 » An expedition led by Gaspar de Portolá leaves its base in California and sets out to find the Port of Monterey (now Monterey, California).
  • July 16 » Father Junípero Serra founds California's first mission, Mission San Diego de Alcalá. Over the following decades, it evolves into the city of San Diego, California.
  • December 13 » Dartmouth College is founded by the Reverend Eleazar Wheelock, with a royal charter from King George III, on land donated by Royal governor John Wentworth.
  • December 22 » Sino-Burmese War: The war ends with an uneasy truce.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1742 » John Oldmixon, English historian, poet, and playwright (b. 1673)
• 1746 » Philip V of Spain (b. 1683)
• 1747 » Giovanni Bononcini, Italian cellist and composer (b. 1670)
• 1766 » Jonathan Mayhew, American minister (b. 1720)
• 1795 » Henry Seymour Conway, English general and politician, Secretary of State for the Northern Department (b. 1721)
• 1797 » Edmund Burke, Irish-English philosopher, academic, and politician (b. 1729)