Olson's Tree » Dorcas Clark (1763-1839)
Personal data Dorcas Clark
Source 1- He/she was born on February 2, 1763 in Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States of America.Source 1
- He/she passed away on February 23, 1839 in Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States of America, at the age of 76 years.Source 1
- He/she was burried in Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States of America.Source 1
- A child of John Lyman and Hannah Strong
Household of Dorcas Clark
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- U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
Historical events
Birthday February 2, 1763
- The temperature on February 2, 1763 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest by south. 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)
- Regent Lodewijk Ernst (Hertog van Brunswijk-Wolfenbüttel) was from 1759 till 1766 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- In the year 1763: Source: Wikipedia
- February 10 » French and Indian War: The Treaty of Paris ends the war and France cedes Quebec to Great Britain.
- May 7 » Pontiac's War begins with Pontiac's attempt to seize Fort Detroit from the British.
- May 9 » The Siege of Fort Detroit begins during Pontiac's War against British forces.
- June 2 » Pontiac's Rebellion: At what is now Mackinaw City, Michigan, Chippewas capture Fort Michilimackinac by diverting the garrison's attention with a game of lacrosse, then chasing a ball into the fort.
- July 31 » Odawa Chief Pontiac's forces defeat British troops at the Battle of Bloody Run during Pontiac's War.
- October 7 » King George III issues the Royal Proclamation of 1763, closing Indigenous lands in North America north and west of the Alleghenies to white settlements.
Day of death February 23, 1839
- The temperature on February 23, 1839 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: half bewolkt winderig regen. Source: KNMI
- This page is only available in Dutch.De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
- In the year 1839: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
- January 9 » The French Academy of Sciences announces the Daguerreotype photography process.
- March 26 » The first Henley Royal Regatta is held.
- July 2 » Twenty miles off the coast of Cuba, 53 kidnapped Africans led by Joseph Cinqué mutiny and take over the slave ship Amistad.
- August 23 » The United Kingdom captures Hong Kong as a base as it prepares for the First Opium War with Qing China.
- November 4 » Newport Rising: The last large-scale armed rebellion against authority in mainland Britain.
- November 27 » In Boston, Massachusetts, the American Statistical Association is founded.
Same birth/death day
- 1717 » Ernst Gideon von Laudon, Austrian field marshal († 1790)
- 1754 » Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, French general and politician, Prime Minister of France († 1838)
- 1782 » Henri de Rigny, French admiral and politician, French Minister of War († 1835)
- 1786 » Jacques Philippe Marie Binet, French mathematician, physicist, and astronomer († 1856)
- 1802 » Jean-Baptiste Boussingault, French chemist and academic († 1887)
- 1803 » Albert Sidney Johnston, American general († 1862)
- 1792 » Joshua Reynolds, English painter and academic (b. 1723)
- 1821 » John Keats, English poet (b. 1795)
- 1848 » John Quincy Adams, American politician, 6th President of the United States (b. 1767)
- 1855 » Carl Friedrich Gauss, German mathematician, astronomer, and physicist (b. 1777)
- 1859 » Zygmunt Krasiński, Polish poet and playwright (b. 1812)
- 1879 » Albrecht von Roon, Prussian soldier and politician, 10th Minister President of Prussia (b. 1803)
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Charles Olson, "Olson's Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/olsons-tree/P21726.php : accessed January 6, 2026), "Dorcas Clark (1763-1839)".