Family tree Doldersum Schonewille in Drenthe » Casper Jans Blokzijl (1703-± 1780)

Birthday February 4, 1703

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  Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• In the year 1703: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 30 » The Forty-seven rōnin, under the command of Ōishi Kuranosuke, avenge the death of their master, by killing Kira Yoshinaka.
  • February 4 » In Edo (now Tokyo), all but one of the Forty-seven Ronin commit seppuku (ritual suicide) as recompense for avenging their master's death.
  • May 21 » Daniel Defoe is imprisoned on charges of seditious libel.
  • May 27 » Tsar Peter the Great founds the city of Saint Petersburg.
  • July 26 » During the Bavarian Rummel the rural population of Tyrol drove the Bavarian Prince-Elector Maximilian II Emanuel out of North Tyrol with a victory at the Pontlatzer Bridge and thus prevented the Bavarian Army, which was allied with France, from marching as planned on Vienna during the War of the Spanish Succession.
  • July 31 » Daniel Defoe is placed in a pillory for the crime of seditious libel after publishing a politically satirical pamphlet, but is pelted with flowers.

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• 1646 » Hans Erasmus Aßmann, German poet and politician († 1699)
• 1676 » Giacomo Facco, Italian violinist and composer († 1753)
• 1677 » Johann Ludwig Bach, German violinist and composer († 1731)
• 1688 » Pierre de Marivaux, French author and playwright († 1763)
• 1725 » Dru Drury, English entomologist and author († 1804)
• 1740 » Carl Michael Bellman, Swedish poet and composer († 1795)