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Christening day November 23, 1707

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  Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• In the year 1707: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 1 » John V is proclaimed King of Portugal and the Algarves in Lisbon.
  • January 16 » The Scottish Parliament ratifies the Act of Union, paving the way for the creation of Great Britain.
  • April 25 » A coalition of Britain, the Netherlands and Portugal is defeated by a Franco-Spanish army at Almansa (Spain) in the War of the Spanish Succession.
  • May 1 » The Act of Union joining England and Scotland to form the Kingdom of Great Britain takes effect.
  • October 22 » Four British naval vessels run aground on the Isles of Scilly because of faulty navigation. In response, the first Longitude Act is enacted in 1714.
  • October 28 » The 1707 Hōei earthquake causes more than 5,000 deaths in Japan.

Day of marriage July 29, 1735

• The temperature on July 29, 1735 was about 15.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. 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 1735: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 8 » The premiere of George Frideric Handel's Ariodante takes place at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
  • March 10 » An agreement between Nader Shah and Russia is signed near Ganja, Azerbaijan and Russian troops are withdrawn from occupied territories.
  • July 11 » Mathematical calculations suggest that it is on this day that dwarf planet Pluto moved inside the orbit of Neptune for the last time before 1979.
  • August 5 » Freedom of the press: New York Weekly Journal writer John Peter Zenger is acquitted of seditious libel against the royal governor of New York, on the basis that what he had published was true.

Day of death June 11, 1776

• The temperature on June 11, 1776 was about 25.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: 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)
• In the year 1776: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 1 » American Revolutionary War: Norfolk, Virginia is burned by combined Royal Navy and Continental Army action.
  • January 1 » General George Washington hoists the first United States flag; the Grand Union Flag at Prospect Hill.
  • April 7 » Captain John Barry and the USSLexington captures the Edward.
  • June 28 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Sullivan's Island ends with the American victory, leading to the commemoration of Carolina Day.
  • July 8 » Church bells (possibly including the Liberty Bell) are rung after John Nixon delivers the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence of the United States.
  • November 29 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Fort Cumberland, Nova Scotia, comes to an end with the arrival of British reinforcements.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1712 » Louis Joseph, Duke of Vendôme (b. 1654)
• 1727 » George I of Great Britain (b. 1660)
• 1748 » Felice Torelli, Italian painter (b. 1667)
• 1796 » Samuel Whitbread, English brewer and politician, founded the Whitbread Company (b. 1720)
• 1847 » John Franklin, English admiral and politician (b. 1786)
• 1852 » Karl Bryullov, Russian painter (b. 1799)