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Personal data Godefroy de Roussel 


Household of Godefroy de Roussel

He is married to Marie de Roussel de Préville.

They got married on August 12, 1774 at Boulogne-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais, France, he was 50 years old.


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Historical events

Birthday November 13, 1723

  • The temperature on November 13, 1723 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 1723: Source: Wikipedia
    • June 26 » After a siege and bombardment by cannon, Baku surrenders to the Russians.
    • August 17 » Ioan Giurgiu Patachi becomes Bishop of Făgăraș and is festively installed in his position at the St. Nicolas Cathedral in Făgăraș, after being formally confirmed earlier by Pope Clement XI.
    • September 14 » Grand Master António Manoel de Vilhena lays down the first stone of Fort Manoel in Malta.

Day of marriage August 12, 1774

  • The temperature on August 12, 1774 was about 17.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: regen 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 1774: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 31 » American Revolutionary War: The Kingdom of Great Britain orders the port of Boston, Massachusetts closed pursuant to the Boston Port Act.
    • May 10 » Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette become King and Queen of France.
    • June 2 » Intolerable Acts: The Quartering Act is enacted, allowing a governor in colonial America to house British soldiers in uninhabited houses, outhouses, barns, or other buildings if suitable quarters are not provided.
    • June 22 » The British pass the Quebec Act, setting out rules of governance for the colony of Quebec in British North America.
    • August 1 » British scientist Joseph Priestley discovers oxygen gas, corroborating the prior discovery of this element by German-Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele.
    • September 5 » First Continental Congress assembles in Philadelphia.

Day of death January 31, 1789

  • The temperature on January 31, 1789 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west by south. 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 1789: Source: Wikipedia
    • April 28 » Mutiny on the Bounty: Lieutenant William Bligh and 18 sailors are set adrift and the rebel crew returns to Tahiti briefly and then sets sail for Pitcairn Island.
    • June 20 » Deputies of the French Third Estate take the Tennis Court Oath.
    • September 11 » Alexander Hamilton is appointed the first United States Secretary of the Treasury.
    • September 22 » Battle of Rymnik: Alexander Suvorov's Russian and allied army defeats superior Ottoman Empire forces.
    • September 26 » George Washington appoints Thomas Jefferson the first United States Secretary of State.
    • October 5 » French Revolution: The Women's March on Versailles effectively terminates royal authority.


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About the surname De Roussel


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