Family tree Van der Meer » Jacob Leendertsz Barend van der Meer (1675-1734)

Day of marriage May 12, 1704

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  Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• In the year 1704: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 25 » The Battle of Ayubale results in the destruction of most of the Spanish missions in Florida.
  • February 29 » Queen Anne's War: French forces and Native Americans stage a raid on Deerfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony, killing 56 villagers and taking more than 100 captive.
  • April 24 » The first regular newspaper in British Colonial America, The Boston News-Letter, is published.
  • August 4 » War of the Spanish Succession: Gibraltar is captured by an English and Dutch fleet, commanded by Admiral Sir George Rooke and allied with Archduke Charles.
  • August 13 » War of the Spanish Succession: Battle of Blenheim: English and Imperial forces are victorious over French and Bavarian troops.
  • December 6 » Battle of Chamkaur: During the Mughal-Sikh Wars, an outnumbered Sikh Khalsa defeats a Mughal army.

Day of death August 17, 1734

• The temperature on August 17, 1734 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north by west. Weather type: geheel betrokken regen. 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 1734: Source: Wikipedia
  • June 21 » In Montreal in New France, a slave known by the French name of Marie-Joseph Angélique is put to death, having been convicted of setting the fire that destroyed much of the city.

Day of burial March 31, 1761

• The temperature on March 31, 1761 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast by north. 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)
• Regent Lodewijk Ernst (Hertog van Brunswijk-Wolfenbüttel) was from 1759 till 1766 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• In the year 1761: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 14 » The Third Battle of Panipat is fought in India between the Afghans under Ahmad Shah Durrani and the Marathas.
  • September 8 » Marriage of King George III of the United Kingdom to Duchess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
  • September 22 » George III and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz are crowned King and Queen, respectively, of the Kingdom of Great Britain.
  • December 16 » Seven Years' War: After a four-month siege, the Russians under Pyotr Rumyantsev take the Prussian fortress of Kołobrzeg.

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• 1676 » Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen, German author (b. 1621)
• 1720 » Anne Dacier, French scholar and translator (b. 1654)
• 1723 » Joseph Bingham, English scholar and academic (b. 1668)
• 1768 » Vasily Trediakovsky, Russian poet and playwright (b. 1703)
• 1785 » Jonathan Trumbull, English-American merchant and politician, 16th Governor of Connecticut (b. 1710)
• 1786 » Frederick the Great, Prussian king (b. 1712)