Borgsteede family tree » John Leveson-Gower , 1st Earl Gower (1694-1754)

Christening day August 21, 1694

• 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 1694: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 6 » The warrior queen Dandara, leader of the runaway slaves in Quilombo dos Palmares, Brazil, is captured and commits suicide rather than be returned to a life of slavery.
  • July 27 » A Royal charter is granted to the Bank of England.

Day of marriage March 13, 1711

• The temperature on March 13, 1711 was about 7.0 °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 1711: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 24 » The London première of Rinaldo by George Frideric Handel, the first Italian opera written for the London stage.
  • August 22 » Britain's Quebec Expedition loses eight ships and almost nine hundred soldiers, sailors and women to rocks at Pointe-aux-Anglais.
  • September 22 » The Tuscarora War begins in present-day North Carolina.

Day of death December 25, 1754

• The temperature on December 25, 1754 was about 1.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east. Weather type: geheel 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 1754: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 28 » Sir Horace Walpole coins the word serendipity in a letter to a friend.
  • May 28 » French and Indian War: In the first engagement of the war, Virginia militia under the 22-year-old Lieutenant colonel George Washington defeat a French reconnaissance party in the Battle of Jumonville Glen in what is now Fayette County in southwestern Pennsylvania.
  • July 3 » French and Indian War: George Washington surrenders Fort Necessity to French forces.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1730 » Henry Scott, 1st Earl of Deloraine, Scottish peer and general (b. 1676)
• 1758 » James Hervey, English priest and author (b. 1714)
• 1784 » Yosa Buson, Japanese poet and painter (b. 1716)
• 1796 » Velu Nachiyar, Queen of Sivagangai (b. 1730)
• 1824 » Barbara von Krüdener, German mystic and author (b. 1764)
• 1824 » William Lawless, Irish revolutionary, later French Army general (b. 1772)