Eijsermans family tree » Aart Jansse van Drunen (1708-????)

Birthday January 29, 1708

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  Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• In the year 1708: Source: Wikipedia
  • March 11 » Queen Anne withholds Royal Assent from the Scottish Militia Bill, the last time a British monarch vetoes legislation.
  • March 23 » James Francis Edward Stuart lands at the Firth of Forth as part of the planned French invasion of Britain.
  • September 11 » Charles XII of Sweden stops his march to conquer Moscow outside Smolensk, marking the turning point in the Great Northern War. The army is defeated nine months later in the Battle of Poltava, and the Swedish Empire ceases to be a major power.
  • October 9 » Peter the Great defeats the Swedes at the Battle of Lesnaya.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1688 » Emanuel Swedenborg, Swedish astronomer, philosopher, and theologian († 1772)
• 1711 » Giuseppe Bonno, Austrian composer († 1788)
• 1715 » Georg Christoph Wagenseil, Austrian organist and composer († 1777)
• 1717 » Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst, English field marshal and politician, 19th Governor General of Canada († 1797)
• 1718 » Paul Rabaut, French pastor († 1794)
• 1737 » Thomas Paine, prominent for publishing Common Sense (1776), which established him as one of the Founding Fathers of the United States († 1809)