Olson's Tree » Joseph Brown (1701-1778)
Personal data Joseph Brown
Source 1- He was born on May 15, 1701.
- He died on May 8, 1778, he was 76 years old.
- A child of James Brown and Mary HARRIS
Household of Joseph Brown
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Historical events
Birthday May 15, 1701
- 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 1701: Source: Wikipedia
- May 23 » After being convicted of piracy and of murdering William Moore, Captain William Kidd is hanged in London.
- July 9 » A Bourbon force under Nicolas Catinat withdraws from a smaller Habsburg force under Prince Eugene of Savoy in the Battle of Carpi.
- July 19 » Representatives of the Iroquois Confederacy sign the Nanfan Treaty, ceding a large territory north of the Ohio River to England.
- August 4 » Great Peace of Montreal between New France and First Nations is signed.
- September 16 » James Francis Edward Stuart, sometimes called the "Old Pretender", becomes the Jacobite claimant to the thrones of England and Scotland.
- October 9 » The Collegiate School of Connecticut (later renamed Yale University) is chartered in Old Saybrook.
Day of death May 8, 1778
- The temperature on May 8, 1778 was about 13.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. 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 6 » New York became the third state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
- February 14 » The United States flag is formally recognized by a foreign naval vessel for the first time, when French Admiral Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte renders a nine gun salute to USSRanger, commanded by John Paul Jones.
- July 4 » American Revolutionary War: U.S. forces under George Clark capture Kaskaskia during the Illinois campaign.
- July 27 » American Revolution: First Battle of Ushant: British and French fleets fight to a standoff.
- July 28 » Constitution of the province of Cantabria ratified at the Assembly Hall in Bárcena la Puente, Reocín, Spain.
- August 29 » American Revolutionary War: British and American forces battle indecisively at the Battle of Rhode Island.
Same birth/death day
- 1645 » George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys, British judge († 1689)
- 1655 » Pope Innocent XIII († 1724)
- 1689 » Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, English writer († 1762)
- 1720 » Maximilian Hell, Hungarian priest and astronomer († 1792)
- 1749 » Levi Lincoln Sr., American lawyer and politician, 4th United States Attorney General († 1820)
- 1759 » Maria Theresia von Paradis, Austrian pianist and composer († 1824)
- 1773 » Ali Bey al-Kabir, Egyptian sultan (b. 1728)
- 1781 » Richard Jago, English priest and poet (b. 1715)
- 1782 » Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal, Portuguese politician, Prime Minister of Portugal (b. 1699)
- 1785 » Étienne François, duc de Choiseul, French general and politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1719)
- 1785 » Pietro Longhi, Italian painter (b. 1701)
- 1788 » Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, Italian physician and botanist (b. 1723)
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Charles Olson, "Olson's Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/olsons-tree/P26742.php : accessed January 17, 2026), "Joseph Brown (1701-1778)".
Charles Olson, "Olson's Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/olsons-tree/P26742.php : accessed January 17, 2026), "Joseph Brown (1701-1778)".