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Ancestors (and descendant) of Zephaniah Swift

Jirah Swift
1665-1749
Abigail Gibbs
1677-1740

Zephaniah Swift
1702-1781


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Birthday March 6, 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 May 9, 1781

  • The temperature on May 9, 1781 was about 10.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northeast. Weather type: omtrent helder. 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 1781: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 5 » American Revolutionary War: Richmond, Virginia, is burned by British naval forces led by Benedict Arnold.
    • February 3 » American Revolutionary War: British forces seize the Dutch-owned Caribbean island Sint Eustatius.
    • March 1 » The Articles of Confederation goes into effect in the United States.
    • March 15 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of Guilford Court House: Near present-day Greensboro, North Carolina, 1,900 British troops under General Charles Cornwallis defeat a mixed American force numbering 4,400 in a Pyrrhic victory.
    • September 28 » American Revolution: American forces backed by a French fleet begin the siege of Yorktown.
    • November 29 » The crew of the British slave ship Zong murders 133 Africans by dumping them into the sea to claim insurance.


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