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Personal data William Kerr 


Household of William Kerr

He is married to Élisabeth Fortescue.

They got married on June 29, 1762, he was 25 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. William Kerr  1763-1824 
  2. Robert Kerr  1780-1843 

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Ancestors (and descendant) of William Kerr

Robert Darcy
1681-1722
William Kerr
????-1775

William Kerr
1737-1815

1762
William Kerr
1763-1824
Robert Kerr
1780-1843

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Historical events

  • The temperature on March 13, 1737 was about 2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east. Weather type: helder. Source: KNMI
  •  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 1737: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 28 » The Marathas under Baji Rao I attack and defeat the Mughals in the Battle of Delhi.
    • September 20 » The finish of the Walking Purchase which forces the cession of 1.2 million acres (4,860km²) of Lenape-Delaware tribal land to the Pennsylvania Colony.
    • November 4 » The Teatro di San Carlo, the oldest working opera house in Europe, is inaugurated in Naples, Italy.
    • December 24 » The Marathas defeat the combined forces of the Mughal Empire, Rajputs of Jaipur, Nizam of Hyderabad, Nawab of Awadh and Nawab of Bengal in the Battle of Bhopal.
  • The temperature on June 29, 1762 was about 16.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast by north. Weather type: 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 1762: Source: Wikipedia
    • May 22 » Trevi Fountain is officially completed and inaugurated in Rome.
    • June 24 » Battle of Wilhelmsthal: The British-Hanoverian army of Ferdinand of Brunswick defeats French forces in Westphalia.
    • July 17 » Former emperor Peter III of Russia is murdered.
    • September 12 » The Sultanate of Sulu ceded Balambangan Island to the British East India Company
    • September 15 » Seven Years' War: Battle of Signal Hill.
    • October 6 » Seven Years' War: The British Capture Manila from Spain and occupy it.
  • The temperature on January 4, 1815 was about -7 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: helder. Source: KNMI
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    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In the year 1815: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 26 » Napoleon Bonaparte escapes from Elba.
    • March 1 » Georgetown University's congressional charter is signed into law by President James Madison.
    • April 10 » The Mount Tambora volcano begins a three-month-long eruption, lasting until July 15. The eruption ultimately kills 71,000 people and affects Earth's climate for the next two years.
    • July 9 » Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord becomes the first Prime Minister of France.
    • July 15 » Napoleonic Wars: Napoleon Bonaparte surrenders aboard HMSBellerophon.
    • August 24 » The modern Constitution of the Netherlands is signed.


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