Lap family tree » Adam Jans Spanhaak (1696-1776)

Christening day January 22, 1696

• Stadhouder Prins Willem III (Huis van Oranje) was from 1672 till 1702 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)

Day of marriage April 20, 1722

• The temperature on April 20, 1722 was about 9.0 °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 1722: Source: Wikipedia
  • March 8 » The Safavid Empire of Iran is defeated by an army from Afghanistan at the Battle of Gulnabad, pushing Iran into anarchy.
  • April 5 » The Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen discovers Easter Island.
  • July 25 » Dummer's War begins along the Maine-Massachusetts border.

Day of death January 25, 1776

• The temperature on January 25, 1776 was about -3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east by north. Weather type: omtrent helder. 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 1776: Source: Wikipedia
  • May 1 » Establishment of the Illuminati in Ingolstadt, Upper Bavaria, by Jesuit-taught Adam Weishaupt.
  • June 7 » Richard Henry Lee presents the "Lee Resolution" to the Continental Congress. The motion is seconded by John Adams and will lead to the United States Declaration of Independence.
  • October 28 » American Revolutionary War: British troops attack and capture Chatterton Hill from the Continental Army.
  • November 16 » American Revolution: The United Provinces (Low Countries) recognize the independence of the United States.
  • November 16 » American Revolutionary War: British and Hessian units capture Fort Washington from the Patriots.
  • December 19 » Thomas Paine publishes one of a series of pamphlets in The Pennsylvania Journal entitled "The American Crisis".

Day of burial January 31, 1776

• The temperature on January 31, 1776 was about -7.0 °C. Weather type: helder. 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 1776: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 27 » American Revolutionary War: Henry Knox's "noble train of artillery" arrives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
  • April 7 » Captain John Barry and the USSLexington captures the Edward.
  • June 7 » Richard Henry Lee presents the "Lee Resolution" to the Continental Congress. The motion is seconded by John Adams and will lead to the United States Declaration of Independence.
  • August 2 » The signing of the United States Declaration of Independence took place.
  • August 31 » William Livingston, the first Governor of New Jersey, begins serving his first term.
  • September 16 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Harlem Heights is fought.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1726 » Guillaume Delisle, French cartographer (b. 1675)
• 1733 » Sir Gilbert Heathcote, 1st Baronet, English banker and politician, Lord Mayor of London (b. 1652)
• 1751 » Paul Dudley, American lawyer, jurist, and politician (b. 1675)
• 1852 » Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen, Russian admiral, cartographer, and explorer (b. 1778)
• 1872 » Richard S. Ewell, American general (b. 1817)
• 1881 » Konstantin Thon, Russian architect, designed the Grand Kremlin Palace and Cathedral of Christ the Saviour (b. 1794)