Family tree Bindt » Dirk Cornelisz Hottentot (1684-1755)

Day of marriage March 20, 1718

• The temperature on March 20, 1718 was about 8.0 °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 1718: Source: Wikipedia
  • May 7 » The city of New Orleans is founded by Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville.
  • May 15 » James Puckle, a London lawyer, patents the world's first machine gun.
  • July 21 » The Treaty of Passarowitz between the Ottoman Empire, Austria and the Republic of Venice is signed.
  • November 22 » Off the coast of North Carolina, British pirate Edward Teach (best known as "Blackbeard") is killed in battle with a boarding party led by Royal Navy Lieutenant Robert Maynard.
  • November 30 » King Charles XII of Sweden dies during a siege of the fortress of Fredriksten in Norway.
  • December 17 » War of the Quadruple Alliance: Great Britain declares war on Spain.

Day of death April 5, 1755

• The temperature on April 5, 1755 was about 15.0 °C. There was 44 mm of rainWind direction mainly south-southeast. Weather type: regen zeer 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)
• Regentes Anna (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1759 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• In the year 1755: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 25 » Moscow University is established on Tatiana Day.
  • June 16 » French and Indian War: The French surrender Fort Beauséjour to the British, leading to the expulsion of the Acadians.
  • July 9 » The Braddock Expedition is soundly defeated by a smaller French and Native American force in its attempt to capture Fort Duquesne in what is now downtown Pittsburgh.
  • July 25 » British governor Charles Lawrence and the Nova Scotia Council order the deportation of the Acadians.
  • August 10 » Under the orders of Charles Lawrence, the British Army begins to forcibly deport the Acadians from Nova Scotia to the Thirteen Colonies.
  • November 25 » King Ferdinand VI of Spain grants royal protection to the Beaterio de la Compañia de Jesus, now known as the Congregation of the Religious of the Virgin Mary.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1735 » William Derham, English minister and philosopher (b. 1657)
• 1751 » Frederick I, prince consort and king of Sweden (b. 1676)
• 1765 » Edward Young, English poet and author (b. 1683)
• 1767 » Princess Charlotte Wilhelmine of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, German princess of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (b. 1685)
• 1768 » Egidio Forcellini, Italian philologist (b. 1688)
• 1769 » Marc-Antoine Laugier, Jesuit priest (b. 1713)