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Christening day November 1, 1682

• 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 1682: Source: Wikipedia
  • April 9 » Robert Cavelier de La Salle discovers the mouth of the Mississippi River, claims it for France and names it Louisiana.
  • May 6 » Louis XIV of France moves his court to the Palace of Versailles.
  • August 24 » William Penn receives the area that is now the state of Delaware, and adds it to his colony of Pennsylvania.
  • September 14 » Bishop Gore School, one of the oldest schools in Wales, is founded.
  • October 27 » Philadelphia is founded in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Day of marriage October 3, 1717

• 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 1717: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 4 » The Netherlands, Great Britain, and France sign the Triple Alliance in an attempt to maintain the Treaty of Utrecht; Britain having signed a preliminary alliance with France on November 28 (November 17, 1716).
  • March 2 » The Loves of Mars and Venus is the first ballet performed in England.
  • March 31 » A sermon on "The Nature of the Kingdom of Christ" by Benjamin Hoadly, the Bishop of Bangor, preached in the presence of King George I of Great Britain, provokes the Bangorian Controversy.
  • June 24 » The Premier Grand Lodge of England is founded in London, the first Masonic Grand Lodge in the world (now the United Grand Lodge of England).
  • August 17 » Austro-Turkish War of 1716–18: The month-long Siege of Belgrade ends with Prince Eugene of Savoy's Austrian troops capturing the city from the Ottoman Empire.
  • September 29 » An earthquake strikes Antigua Guatemala, destroying much of the city's architecture.

Day of death September 16, 1774

• The temperature on September 16, 1774 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: zeer 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)
• In the year 1774: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 21 » Abdul Hamid I becomes Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam.
  • May 10 » Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette become King and Queen of France.
  • June 2 » Intolerable Acts: The Quartering Act is enacted, allowing a governor in colonial America to house British soldiers in uninhabited houses, outhouses, barns, or other buildings if suitable quarters are not provided.
  • July 4 » Orangetown Resolutions are adopted in the Province of New York, one of many protests against the British Parliament's Coercive Acts.
  • August 1 » British scientist Joseph Priestley discovers oxygen gas, corroborating the prior discovery of this element by German-Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele.
  • September 1 » Massachusetts Bay colonists rise up in the bloodless Powder Alarm.

Day of burial September 17, 1774

• The temperature on September 17, 1774 was about 14.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north by east. Weather type: zeer 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)
• In the year 1774: Source: Wikipedia
  • March 31 » American Revolutionary War: The Kingdom of Great Britain orders the port of Boston, Massachusetts closed pursuant to the Boston Port Act.
  • May 10 » Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette become King and Queen of France.
  • June 2 » Intolerable Acts: The Quartering Act is enacted, allowing a governor in colonial America to house British soldiers in uninhabited houses, outhouses, barns, or other buildings if suitable quarters are not provided.
  • July 21 » Russo-Turkish War (1768–74): Russia and the Ottoman Empire sign the Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca ending the war.
  • September 5 » First Continental Congress assembles in Philadelphia.
  • October 21 » The flag of Taunton, Massachusetts is the first to include the word "Liberty".

Source: Wikipedia

• 1736 » Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, Polish-Dutch physicist and engineer, invented the thermometer (b. 1686)
• 1792 » Nguyễn Huệ, Vietnamese emperor (b. 1753)
• 1803 » Nicolas Baudin, French explorer, hydrographer, and cartographer (b. 1754)
• 1819 » John Jeffries, American physician and surgeon (b. 1744)
• 1824 » Louis XVIII of France (b. 1755)
• 1843 » Ezekiel Hart, Canadian businessman and politician (b. 1770)