Riches to Rags Family Tree » Anna Klaar (1685-1760)

Christening day January 26, 1685

• 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 1685: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 6 » James II of England and VII of Scotland is proclaimed King upon the death of his brother Charles II.
  • February 20 » René-Robert Cavelier establishes Fort St. Louis at Matagorda Bay thus forming the basis for France's claim to Texas.
  • May 7 » Battle of Vrtijeljka between rebels and Ottoman forces.
  • June 20 » Monmouth Rebellion: James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth declares himself King of England at Bridgwater.
  • July 6 » Battle of Sedgemoor: Last battle of the Monmouth Rebellion. troops of King James II defeat troops of James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth.

Day of marriage August 25, 1667

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  Van 1650 tot 1672 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Eerste Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• In the year 1667: Source: Wikipedia
  • April 27 » Blind and impoverished, John Milton sells Paradise Lost to a printer for £10, so that it could be entered into the Stationers' Register.
  • May 24 » The French Royal Army crosses the border into the Spanish Netherlands, starting the War of Devolution opposing France to the Spanish Empire and the Triple Alliance.
  • June 9 » Second Anglo-Dutch War: The Raid on the Medway by the Dutch fleet begins. It lasts for five days and results in the worst ever defeat of the Royal Navy.
  • June 14 » The Raid on the Medway by the Dutch fleet in the Second Anglo-Dutch War ends. It had lasted for five days and resulted in the worst ever defeat of the Royal Navy.
  • June 15 » The first human blood transfusion is administered by Dr. Jean-Baptiste Denys.
  • November 25 » A deadly earthquake rocks Shemakha in the Caucasus, killing 80,000 people.

Day of death July 14, 1760

• The temperature on July 14, 1760 was about 22.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. 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)
• 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 1760: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 9 » Ahmad Shah Durrani defeats the Marathas in the Battle of Barari Ghat.
  • March 20 » The Great Boston Fire of 1760 destroys 349 buildings.
  • August 15 » Seven Years' War: Battle of Liegnitz: Frederick the Great's victory over the Austrians under Ernst Gideon von Laudon.
  • October 9 » Seven Years' War: Russian and Austrian troops briefly occupy Berlin.
  • October 25 » King George III succeeds to the British throne on death of his grandfather George II
  • November 18 » The rebuilt debtors' prison, at the Castellania in Valletta, receives the first prisoners.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1742 » Richard Bentley, English scholar and theologian (b. 1662)
• 1766 » František Maxmilián Kanka, Czech architect (b. 1674)
• 1774 » James O'Hara, 2nd Baron Tyrawley, Irish field marshal (b. 1682)
• 1780 » Charles Batteux, French philosopher and academic (b. 1713)
• 1789 » Bernard-René de Launay, French politician (b. 1740)
• 1789 » Jacques de Flesselles, French politician (b. 1721)