Olson's Tree » Joseph Wheaton (1717-1789)
Personal data Joseph Wheaton
Source 1- He was born on September 4, 1717 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA.
- He died on March 6, 1789 in New Milford, Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States of America, he was 71 years old.
- A child of Joseph Wheaton and Tabitha Hunt
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Birthday September 4, 1717
- Source: KNMI
- This page is only available in Dutch.Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
- In the year 1717: Source: Wikipedia
- January 4 » The Netherlands, Great Britain, and France sign the Triple Alliance in an attempt to maintain the Treaty of Utrecht; Britain having signed a preliminary alliance with France on November 28 (November 17, 1716).
- March 2 » The Loves of Mars and Venus is the first ballet performed in England.
- March 31 » A sermon on "The Nature of the Kingdom of Christ" by Benjamin Hoadly, the Bishop of Bangor, preached in the presence of King George I of Great Britain, provokes the Bangorian Controversy.
- June 24 » The Premier Grand Lodge of England is founded in London, the first Masonic Grand Lodge in the world (now the United Grand Lodge of England).
- July 17 » King George I of Great Britain sails down the River Thames with a barge of 50 musicians, where George Frideric Handel's Water Music is premiered.
- September 29 » An earthquake strikes Antigua Guatemala, destroying much of the city's architecture.
Day of death March 6, 1789
- The temperature on March 6, 1789 was about -2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northeast. Weather type: omtrent betrokken sneeuw. 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
- January 21 » The first American novel, The Power of Sympathy or the Triumph of Nature Founded in Truth by William Hill Brown, is printed in Boston.
- June 8 » James Madison introduces twelve proposed amendments to the United States Constitution in Congress.
- July 12 » In response to the dismissal of the French finance minister Jacques Necker, the radical journalist Camille Desmoulins gives a speech which results in the storming of the Bastille two days later.
- September 2 » The United States Department of the Treasury is founded.
- September 29 » The 1st United States Congress adjourns.
- October 3 » George Washington proclaims a Thanksgiving Day for that year.
Same birth/death day
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- 1745 » Shneur Zalman, Russian rabbi, author and founder of Chabad († 1812)
- 1755 » Axel von Fersen the Younger, Swedish general and politician († 1810)
- 1768 » François-René de Chateaubriand, French historian and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs for France († 1848)
- 1776 » Stephen Whitney, American businessman († 1860)
- 1754 » Henry Pelham, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1694)
- 1758 » Henry Vane, 1st Earl of Darlington, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Durham (b. 1705)
- 1764 » Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke, English lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom (b. 1690)
- 1796 » Guillaume Thomas François Raynal, French historian and author (b. 1713)
- 1836 » Deaths at the Battle of the Alamo:
- 1854 » Charles Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry, Irish colonel and diplomat, Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies (b. 1778)
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Charles Olson, "Olson's Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/olsons-tree/P23321.php : accessed January 16, 2026), "Joseph Wheaton (1717-1789)".