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Personal data John Hancock 

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Household of John Hancock

He is married to Dorothy Scott.

They got married on August 28, 1775 at Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States, he was 39 years old.


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Ancestors (and descendant) of John Hancock

John Hancock
1736-1793

1775

Dorothy Scott
1747-1830


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  • The temperature on January 12, 1736 was about 2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east by south. Weather type: helder regen. 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 1736: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 26 » Stanislaus I of Poland abdicates his throne.
    • March 8 » Nader Shah, founder of the Afsharid dynasty, is crowned Shah of Iran.
    • April 15 » Foundation of the Kingdom of Corsica.
    • May 26 » The Battle of Ackia was fought near the present site of Tupelo, Mississippi. British and Chickasaw soldiers repelled a French and Choctaw attack on the then-Chickasaw village of Ackia.
    • October 16 » Mathematician William Whiston's predicted comet fails to strike the Earth.
  • The temperature on August 28, 1775 was about 19.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: wat 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 1775: Source: Wikipedia
    • April 18 » American Revolution: The British advancement by sea begins; Paul Revere and other riders warn the countryside of the troop movements.
    • May 31 » American Revolution: The Mecklenburg Resolves are adopted in the Province of North Carolina.
    • July 3 » American Revolutionary War: George Washington takes command of the Continental Army at Cambridge, Massachusetts.
    • July 26 » The office that would later become the United States Post Office Department is established by the Second Continental Congress. Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania takes office as Postmaster General.
    • September 25 » American Revolution: Benedict Arnold's expedition to Quebec sets off.
    • November 7 » John Murray, the Royal Governor of the Colony of Virginia, starts the first mass emancipation of slaves in North America by issuing Lord Dunmore's Offer of Emancipation, which offers freedom to slaves who abandoned their colonial masters to fight with Murray and the British.
  • The temperature on October 8, 1793 was about 15.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. 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 1793: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 18 » Flanders Campaign of the French Revolution, Battle of Neerwinden.
    • August 10 » The Musée du Louvre is officially opened in Paris, France.
    • August 27 » French Revolutionary Wars: The city of Toulon revolts against the French Republic and admits the British and Spanish fleets to seize its port, leading to the Siege of Toulon by French Revolutionary forces.
    • September 17 » War of the Pyrenees: France defeats a Spanish force at the Battle of Peyrestortes.
    • October 15 » Queen Marie Antoinette of France is tried and convicted, and condemned to death the following day.
    • December 18 » Surrender of the frigate La Lutine by French Royalists to Lord Samuel Hood; renamed HMSLutine, she later becomes a famous treasure wreck.


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