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Day of marriage January 5, 1710

• The temperature on January 5, 1710 was about 7.0 °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 1710: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 28 » Battle of Helsingborg: 14,000 Danish invaders under Jørgen Rantzau are decisively defeated by an equally sized Swedish force under Magnus Stenbock. This is the last time Swedish and Danish troops meet on Swedish soil.
  • April 5 » The Statute of Anne receives the royal assent establishing the Copyright law of the United Kingdom.
  • April 10 » The Statute of Anne, the first law regulating copyright, comes into force in Great Britain.
  • August 20 » War of the Spanish Succession: A multinational army led by the Austrian commander Guido Starhemberg defeats the Spanish-Bourbon army commanded by Alexandre Maître, Marquis de Bay in the Battle of Saragossa.
  • October 13 » Port Royal, the capital of French Acadia, falls in a siege by British forces.

Day of death October 19, 1758

• The temperature on October 19, 1758 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east. Weather type: geheel 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)
• Regentes Anna (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1759 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• In the year 1758: Source: Wikipedia
  • April 28 » The Marathas defeat the Afghans in the Battle of Attock and capture the city.
  • June 23 » Seven Years' War: Battle of Krefeld: British, Hanoverian, and Prussian forces defeat French troops at Krefeld in Germany.
  • June 30 » Seven Years' War: Habsburg Austrian forces destroy a Prussian reinforcement and supply convoy in the Battle of Domstadtl, helping to expel Prussian King Frederick the Great from Moravia.
  • August 25 » Seven Years' War: Frederick II of Prussia defeats the Russian army at the Battle of Zorndorf.
  • August 29 » The Treaty of Easton establishes the first American Indian reservation, at Indian Mills, New Jersey, for the Lenape.
  • September 11 » Battle of Saint Cast: France repels British invasion during the Seven Years' War.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1723 » Godfrey Kneller, German-English painter (b. 1646)
• 1745 » Jonathan Swift, Irish satirist and essayist (b. 1667)
• 1772 » Andrea Belli, Maltese architect and businessman (b. 1703)
• 1790 » Lyman Hall, American physician and politician, 16th Governor of Georgia (b. 1724)
• 1796 » Michel de Beaupuy, French general (b. 1755)
• 1813 » Józef Poniatowski, Polish general (b. 1763)