Pop Oswald Tree » Robert SIKES (1683-1763)
Personal data Robert SIKES
- He was born on December 23, 1683 in Skeffington, Leicestershire, England.
- He died on November 17, 1763 in Lowesby, Leicestershire, England, he was 79 years old.
- A child of Robert SYKES and Alice CARTER
Household of Robert SIKES
He has/had a relationship with Mary Ann SHARPE.
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Historical events
Birthday December 23, 1683
- 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 1683: Source: Wikipedia
- May 24 » The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England, opens as the world's first university museum.
- June 23 » William Penn signs a friendship treaty with Lenni Lenape Indians in Pennsylvania.
- September 11 » Battle of Vienna: Coalition forces, including the famous winged Hussars, led by Polish King John III Sobieski lift the siege laid by Ottoman forces.
- September 12 » Austro-Ottoman War: Battle of Vienna: Several European armies join forces to defeat the Ottoman Empire.
- September 17 » Antonie van Leeuwenhoek writes a letter to the Royal Society describing "animalcules".
- October 3 » Qing dynasty naval commander Shi Lang receives the surrender of the Tungning kingdom on Taiwan after the Battle of Penghu.
Day of death November 17, 1763
- The temperature on November 17, 1763 was about 7.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: regen 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)
- Regent Lodewijk Ernst (Hertog van Brunswijk-Wolfenbüttel) was from 1759 till 1766 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- In the year 1763: Source: Wikipedia
- February 10 » French and Indian War: The Treaty of Paris ends the war and France cedes Quebec to Great Britain.
- May 7 » Pontiac's War begins with Pontiac's attempt to seize Fort Detroit from the British.
- May 9 » The Siege of Fort Detroit begins during Pontiac's War against British forces.
- July 31 » Odawa Chief Pontiac's forces defeat British troops at the Battle of Bloody Run during Pontiac's War.
- September 1 » Catherine II of Russia endorses Ivan Betskoy's plans for a Foundling Home in Moscow.
- October 7 » King George III issues the Royal Proclamation of 1763, closing Indigenous lands in North America north and west of the Alleghenies to white settlements.
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Peter John Oswald, "Pop Oswald Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/pop-oswald-tree/P15063.php : accessed May 2, 2025), "Robert SIKES (1683-1763)".