Family tree Stolk » Arij Pietersz Stolk (1692-1789)

Christening day June 15, 1692

• 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 1692: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 13 » Massacre of Glencoe: Almost 80 Macdonalds at Glen Coe, Scotland are killed early in the morning for not promptly pledging allegiance to the new king, William of Orange.
  • March 1 » Sarah Good, Sarah Osborne and Tituba are brought before local magistrates in Salem Village, Massachusetts, beginning what would become known as the Salem witch trials.
  • June 2 » Bridget Bishop is the first person to be tried for witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts; she was found guilty and later hanged.
  • June 10 » Salem witch trials: Bridget Bishop is hanged at Gallows Hill near Salem, Massachusetts, for "certaine Detestable Arts called Witchcraft and Sorceries".
  • August 19 » Salem witch trials: In Salem, Province of Massachusetts Bay, five people, one woman and four men, including a clergyman, are executed after being convicted of witchcraft.
  • September 22 » The last hanging of those convicted of witchcraft in the Salem witch trials; others are all eventually released.

Day of marriage December 27, 1716

• The temperature on December 27, 1716 was about 4.0 °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 1716: Source: Wikipedia
  • July 8 » The Battle of Dynekilen forces Sweden to abandon its invasion of Norway.
  • August 5 » Austro-Turkish War (1716–1718): One-fifth of a Turkish army and the Grand Vizier are killed in the Battle of Petrovaradin.
  • August 21 » Seventh Ottoman–Venetian War: The arrival of naval reinforcements and the news of the Battle of Petrovaradin force the Ottomans to abandon the Siege of Corfu, thus preserving the Ionian Islands under Venetian rule.

Day of death February 18, 1789

• The temperature on February 18, 1789 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: omtrent helder. 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 1789: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 21 » The first American novel, The Power of Sympathy or the Triumph of Nature Founded in Truth by William Hill Brown, is printed in Boston.
  • April 28 » Mutiny on the Bounty: Lieutenant William Bligh and 18 sailors are set adrift and the rebel crew returns to Tahiti briefly and then sets sail for Pitcairn Island.
  • June 8 » James Madison introduces twelve proposed amendments to the United States Constitution in Congress.
  • October 5 » French Revolution: The Women's March on Versailles effectively terminates royal authority.
  • October 19 » John Jay is sworn in as the first Chief Justice of the United States.
  • December 11 » The University of North Carolina is chartered by the North Carolina General Assembly.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1748 » Otto Ferdinand von Abensberg und Traun, Austrian field marshal (b. 1677)
• 1772 » Count Johann Hartwig Ernst von Bernstorff, Danish politician (b. 1712)
• 1778 » Joseph Marie Terray, French economist and politician, Controller-General of Finances (b. 1715)
• 1780 » Kristijonas Donelaitis, Lithuanian pastor and poet (b. 1714)
• 1788 » John Whitehurst, English geologist and clockmaker (b. 1713)
• 1803 » Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim, German poet and educator (b. 1719)