Olson's Tree » Mary Starr (1698-1774)
Personal data Mary Starr
Source 1- She was born on August 29, 1698 in New London, Connecticut, USA.
- She died on April 15, 1774 in Groton, New London, Connecticut, USA, she was 75 years old.
- A child of Thomas Starr and Mary Morgan
Household of Mary Starr
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Birthday August 29, 1698
- Stadhouder Prins Willem III (Huis van Oranje) was from 1672 till 1702 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- In the year 1698: Source: Wikipedia
- July 2 » Thomas Savery patents the first steam engine.
- September 5 » In an effort to Westernize his nobility, Tsar Peter I of Russia imposes a tax on beards for all men except the clergy and peasantry.
Day of death April 15, 1774
- The temperature on April 15, 1774 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: geheel 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 1774: Source: Wikipedia
- January 21 » Abdul Hamid I becomes Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam.
- March 31 » American Revolutionary War: The Kingdom of Great Britain orders the port of Boston, Massachusetts closed pursuant to the Boston Port Act.
- June 13 » Rhode Island becomes the first of Britain's North American colonies to ban the importation of slaves.
- July 4 » Orangetown Resolutions are adopted in the Province of New York, one of many protests against the British Parliament's Coercive Acts.
- 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.
Same birth/death day
- 1632 » John Locke, English physician and philosopher († 1704)
- 1724 » Giovanni Battista Casti, Italian poet and author († 1803)
- 1725 » Charles Townshend, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer († 1767)
- 1728 » Maria Anna Sophia of Saxony, electress of Bavaria († 1797)
- 1756 » Count Heinrich von Bellegarde, Austrian general and politician († 1845)
- 1756 » Jan Śniadecki, Polish mathematician and astronomer († 1830)
- 1761 » Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll, Scottish lawyer and politician, Lord President of the Court of Session (b. 1682)
- 1761 » William Oldys, English historian and author (b. 1696)
- 1764 » Peder Horrebow, Danish astronomer and mathematician (b. 1679)
- 1765 » Mikhail Lomonosov, Russian chemist and physicist (b. 1711)
- 1788 » Giuseppe Bonno, Austrian composer (b. 1711)
- 1793 » Ignacije Szentmartony, Croatian priest, mathematician, and astronomer (b. 1718)
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Charles Olson, "Olson's Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/olsons-tree/P2338.php : accessed January 7, 2026), "Mary Starr (1698-1774)".