Family tree van Beekum » Esther Maria Polyxena van Wurmbrand (1696-1775)

Day of marriage May 26, 1717

• The temperature on May 26, 1717 was about 16.0 °C. Source: KNMI
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  Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• In the year 1717: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 4 » The Netherlands, Great Britain, and France sign the Triple Alliance in an attempt to maintain the Treaty of Utrecht; Britain having signed a preliminary alliance with France on November 28 (November 17, 1716).
  • March 2 » The Loves of Mars and Venus is the first ballet performed in England.
  • March 31 » A sermon on "The Nature of the Kingdom of Christ" by Benjamin Hoadly, the Bishop of Bangor, preached in the presence of King George I of Great Britain, provokes the Bangorian Controversy.
  • July 17 » King George I of Great Britain sails down the River Thames with a barge of 50 musicians, where George Frideric Handel's Water Music is premiered.
  • August 17 » Austro-Turkish War of 1716–18: The month-long Siege of Belgrade ends with Prince Eugene of Savoy's Austrian troops capturing the city from the Ottoman Empire.
  • September 29 » An earthquake strikes Antigua Guatemala, destroying much of the city's architecture.

Day of death March 14, 1775

• The temperature on March 14, 1775 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: rijp. 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 1775: Source: Wikipedia
  • April 14 » The first abolition society in North America is established. The Society for the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully Held in Bondage is organized in Philadelphia by Benjamin Franklin and Benjamin Rush.
  • April 20 » American Revolutionary War: The Siege of Boston begins, following the battles at Lexington and Concord.
  • July 26 » The office that would later become the United States Post Office Department is established by the Second Continental Congress. Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania takes office as Postmaster General.
  • September 11 » Benedict Arnold's expedition to Quebec leaves Cambridge, Massachusetts.
  • October 18 » African-American poet Phillis Wheatley is freed from slavery.
  • December 9 » American Revolutionary War: British troops lose the Battle of Great Bridge, and leave Virginia soon afterward.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1748 » George Wade, Irish field marshal and politician (b. 1673)
• 1757 » John Byng, British admiral and politician, 11th Commodore Governor of Newfoundland (b. 1704)
• 1791 » Johann Salomo Semler, German historian and critic (b. 1725)
• 1803 » Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, German poet (b. 1724)
• 1811 » Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, English academic and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1735)
• 1823 » Charles François Dumouriez, French general and politician, French Minister of War (b. 1739)