Olson's Tree » Joseph Simmons 577 (1702-1778)
Personal data Joseph Simmons 577
Source 1- He was born on March 4, 1702 in Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, USA.
- He died on June 24, 1778 in Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, USA, he was 76 years old.
- A child of William Simmons and Abigial Church
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Birthday March 4, 1702
- Stadhouder Prins Willem III (Huis van Oranje) was from 1672 till 1702 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- 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 1702: Source: Wikipedia
- March 8 » Queen Anne, the younger sister of Mary II, becomes Queen regnant of England, Scotland, and Ireland.
- March 11 » The Daily Courant, England's first national daily newspaper, is published for the first time.
- July 19 » Great Northern War: A numerically superior Polish-Saxon army of Augustus II the Strong, operating from an advantageous defensive position, is defeated by a Swedish army half its size under the command of King Charles XII in the Battle of Klissow.
- November 10 » English colonists under the command of James Moore besiege Spanish St. Augustine during Queen Anne's War.
- December 30 » Queen Anne's War: James Moore, Governor of the Province of Carolina, abandons the Siege of St. Augustine.
Day of death June 24, 1778
- The temperature on June 24, 1778 was about 23.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. 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 1778: Source: Wikipedia
- February 5 » South Carolina becomes the second state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
- February 23 » American Revolutionary War: Baron von Steuben arrives at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania to help to train the Continental Army.
- July 28 » Constitution of the province of Cantabria ratified at the Assembly Hall in Bárcena la Puente, Reocín, Spain.
- September 19 » The Continental Congress passes the first United States federal budget.
- November 11 » Cherry Valley massacre: Loyalists and Seneca Indian forces attack a fort and village in eastern New York during the American Revolutionary War, killing more than forty civilians and soldiers.
- December 29 » American Revolutionary War: Three thousand British soldiers under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Campbell capture Savannah, Georgia.
Same birth/death day
- 1678 » Antonio Vivaldi, Italian violinist and composer († 1741)
- 1702 » Jack Sheppard, English criminal († 1724)
- 1706 » Lauritz de Thurah, Danish architect, designed the Hermitage Hunting Lodge and Gammel Holtegård († 1759)
- 1715 » James Waldegrave, 2nd Earl Waldegrave, English historian and politician († 1763)
- 1719 » George Pigot, 1st Baron Pigot, English politician († 1777)
- 1729 » Anne d'Arpajon, French wife of Philippe de Noailles († 1794)
- 1766 » Adrien Maurice de Noailles, French soldier and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1678)
- 1778 » Pieter Burman the Younger, Dutch philologist and academic (b. 1714)
- 1803 » Matthew Thornton, Irish-American judge and politician (b. 1714)
- 1817 » Thomas McKean, American lawyer and politician, 2nd Governor of Pennsylvania (b. 1734)
- 1835 » Andreas Vokos Miaoulis, Greek admiral and politician (b. 1769)
- 1902 » George Leake, Australian politician, 2nd Premier of Western Australia (b. 1856)
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Charles Olson, "Olson's Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/olsons-tree/P25120.php : accessed January 20, 2026), "Joseph Simmons 577 (1702-1778)".