McMahon/Trahan Family Tree » Gabriel Blouin (1691-1772)

Day of marriage November 27, 1713

• The temperature on November 27, 1713 was about 8.0 °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 1713: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 1 » The Kalabalik or Skirmish at Bender results from the Ottoman sultan's order that his unwelcome guest, King Charles XII of Sweden, be seized.
  • March 1 » The siege and destruction of Fort Neoheroka begins during the Tuscarora War in North Carolina, effectively opening up the colony's interior to European colonization.
  • March 22 » The Tuscarora War comes to an end with the fall of Fort Neoheroka, effectively opening up the interior of North Carolina to European colonization.
  • April 11 » War of the Spanish Succession (Queen Anne's War): Treaty of Utrecht.
  • April 19 » With no living male heirs, Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, issues the Pragmatic Sanction of 1713 to ensure that Habsburg lands and the Austrian throne would be inheritable by a female; his daughter and successor, Maria Theresa was not born until 1717.
  • June 23 » The French residents of Acadia are given one year to declare allegiance to Britain or leave Nova Scotia, Canada.

Day of death March 11, 1772

• The temperature on March 11, 1772 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northeast. Weather type: donker. 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 1772: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 1 » The first traveler's cheques, which could be used in 90 European cities, were issued by the London Credit Exchange Company.
  • June 9 » The British schooner Gaspee is burned in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island.
  • June 12 » French explorer Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne and 25 of his men killed by Māori in New Zealand.
  • August 19 » Gustav III of Sweden stages a coup d'état, in which he assumes power and enacts a new constitution that divides power between the Riksdag and the King.
  • August 21 » King Gustav III completes his coup d'état by adopting a new Constitution, ending half a century of parliamentary rule in Sweden and installing himself as an enlightened despot.
  • September 1 » The Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa is founded in San Luis Obispo, California.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1722 » John Toland, Irish philosopher and theorist (b. 1670)
• 1759 » John Forbes, Scottish general (b. 1710)
• 1820 » Benjamin West, American-English painter and academic (b. 1738)
• 1851 » George McDuffie, American lawyer and politician, 55th Governor of South Carolina (b. 1790)
• 1851 » Marie Louise Coidavid, Queen of Haiti (b. 1778)
• 1854 » Willard Richards, American journalist and religious leader (b. 1804)