Family tree Thysebaert-De Maeyer » Petrus "Egidius" de Wachter (1642-1720)

Christening day January 25, 1642

• Stadhouder Prins Frederik Hendrik (Huis van Oranje) was from 1625 till 1647 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• In the year 1642: Source: Wikipedia
  • March 1 » Georgeana, Massachusetts (now known as York, Maine), becomes the first incorporated city in the United States.
  • May 17 » Paul de Chomedey, Sieur de Maisonneuve (1612–1676) founds the Ville Marie de Montréal.
  • August 22 » Charles I raises his standard in Nottingham, which marks the beginning of the English Civil War.
  • September 23 » The first commencement exercises occur at Harvard College.
  • November 13 » First English Civil War: Battle of Turnham Green: The Royalist forces withdraw in the face of the Parliamentarian army and fail to take London.
  • December 13 » Abel Tasman is the first recorded European to sight New Zealand.

Day of marriage May 11, 1665

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  Van 1650 tot 1672 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Eerste Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• In the year 1665: Source: Wikipedia
  • April 8 » English colonial patents are granted for the establishment of the Monmouth Tract, for what would eventually become Monmouth County in northeastern New Jersey.
  • June 3 » James Stuart, Duke of York (later to become King James II of England), defeats the Dutch fleet off the coast of Lowestoft.
  • June 12 » Thomas Willett is appointed the first mayor of New York City.
  • June 17 » Battle of Montes Claros: Portugal definitively secured independence from Spain in the last battle of the Portuguese Restoration War.
  • October 29 » Portuguese forces defeat the Kingdom of Kongo and decapitate King António I of Kongo, also known as Nvita a Nkanga.
  • November 7 » The London Gazette, the oldest surviving journal, is first published.

Day of death January 2, 1720

• The temperature on January 2, 1720 was about 7.0 °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 1720: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 21 » Sweden and Prussia sign the Treaty of Stockholm.
  • February 29 » Ulrika Eleonora, Queen of Sweden abdicates in favour of her husband, who becomes King Frederick I on March 24.
  • March 24 » Count Frederick of Hesse-Kassel is elected King of Sweden by the Riksdag of the Estates, after his consort Ulrika Eleonora abdicated the throne on 29 February
  • August 14 » The Spanish military Villasur expedition is wiped out by Pawnee and Otoe warriors near present-day Columbus, Nebraska.
  • October 20 » Caribbean pirate Calico Jack is captured by the Royal Navy.
  • November 9 » The synagogue of Judah HeHasid is burned down by Arab creditors, leading to the expulsion of the Ashkenazim from Jerusalem.

Day of burial January 4, 1720

• The temperature on January 4, 1720 was about 7.0 °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 1720: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 21 » Sweden and Prussia sign the Treaty of Stockholm.
  • February 29 » Ulrika Eleonora, Queen of Sweden abdicates in favour of her husband, who becomes King Frederick I on March 24.
  • March 24 » Count Frederick of Hesse-Kassel is elected King of Sweden by the Riksdag of the Estates, after his consort Ulrika Eleonora abdicated the throne on 29 February
  • August 14 » The Spanish military Villasur expedition is wiped out by Pawnee and Otoe warriors near present-day Columbus, Nebraska.
  • October 20 » Caribbean pirate Calico Jack is captured by the Royal Navy.
  • November 9 » The synagogue of Judah HeHasid is burned down by Arab creditors, leading to the expulsion of the Ashkenazim from Jerusalem.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1613 » Salima Sultan Begum, Empress of the Mughal Empire (b. 1539)
• 1614 » Luisa Carvajal y Mendoza, Spanish mystical poet and Catholic martyr (b. 1566)
• 1726 » Domenico Zipoli, Italian organist and composer (b. 1688)
• 1763 » John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville, English statesman (b. 1690)
• 1850 » Manuel de la Peña y Peña, Mexican lawyer and 20th President (1847) (b. 1789)
• 1861 » Frederick William IV of Prussia (b. 1795)