M(a)cDonald Family Site - black Jewish YAHYA family line 3 » Emanuel Friedrich Karl von Sachsen-Hildburghausen (born Wettin, Ernestiner), Prinz (1715-1718)

Birthday March 26, 1715

• The temperature on March 26, 1715 was about 10.0 °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

• 1656 » Nicolaas Hartsoeker, Dutch mathematician and physicist († 1725)
• 1687 » Sophia Dorothea of Hanover, queen consort of Prussia († 1757)
• 1698 » Prokop Diviš, Czech priest, scientist and inventor († 1765)
• 1749 » William Blount, American politician († 1800)
• 1753 » Benjamin Thompson, American-French physicist and politician, Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies († 1814)
• 1773 » Nathaniel Bowditch, American mathematician and navigator († 1838)