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Christening day February 19, 1689

• 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 1689: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 13 » William and Mary are proclaimed co-rulers of England.
  • March 12 » James II of England landed at Kinsale, starting the Williamite War in Ireland.
  • March 16 » The 23rd Regiment of Foot, or Royal Welch Fusiliers, is founded.
  • April 18 » Bostonians rise up in rebellion against Sir Edmund Andros.
  • May 24 » The English Parliament passes the Act of Toleration protecting dissenting Protestants but excluding Roman Catholics.
  • August 5 » Beaver Wars: Fifteen hundred Iroquois attack Lachine in New France.

Day of marriage March 6, 1713

• The temperature on March 6, 1713 was about 6.0 °C. Source: KNMI
•  This page is only available in Dutch.
  Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• In the year 1713: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 1 » The Kalabalik or Skirmish at Bender results from the Ottoman sultan's order that his unwelcome guest, King Charles XII of Sweden, be seized.
  • March 1 » The siege and destruction of Fort Neoheroka begins during the Tuscarora War in North Carolina, effectively opening up the colony's interior to European colonization.
  • March 22 » The Tuscarora War comes to an end with the fall of Fort Neoheroka, effectively opening up the interior of North Carolina to European colonization.
  • April 11 » War of the Spanish Succession (Queen Anne's War): Treaty of Utrecht.
  • April 19 » With no living male heirs, Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, issues the Pragmatic Sanction of 1713 to ensure that Habsburg lands and the Austrian throne would be inheritable by a female; his daughter and successor, Maria Theresa was not born until 1717.
  • June 23 » The French residents of Acadia are given one year to declare allegiance to Britain or leave Nova Scotia, Canada.

Day of death September 22, 1721

• The temperature on September 22, 1721 was about 13.0 °C. Source: KNMI
•  This page is only available in Dutch.
  Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• In the year 1721: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 6 » The Committee of Inquiry on the South Sea Bubble publishes its findings, revealing details of fraud among company directors and corrupt politicians.
  • March 24 » Johann Sebastian Bach dedicated six concertos to Margrave Christian Ludwig of Brandenburg-Schwedt, now commonly called the Brandenburg Concertos, BWV 1046-1051.
  • April 4 » Sir Robert Walpole becomes the first British prime minister.
  • April 26 » A massive earthquake devastates the Iranian city of Tabriz.
  • August 18 » The city of Shamakhi in Safavid Shirvan is sacked.
  • October 22 » Russian Empire is proclaimed by Tsar Peter I after the Swedish defeat in the Great Northern War.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1692 » Martha Corey, American woman accused of witchcraft (b. 1620)
• 1703 » Vincenzo Viviani, Italian mathematician and physicist (b. 1622)
• 1756 » Abu l-Hasan Ali I, ruler of Tunisia (b. 1688)
• 1774 » Pope Clement XIV (b. 1705)
• 1776 » Nathan Hale, American soldier (b. 1755)
• 1777 » John Bartram, American botanist and explorer (b. 1699)