Family tree Van Gorcum » Mr. Huybert van Rijckevorsel (1709-1770)

Christening day December 30, 1709

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  Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• In the year 1709: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 2 » Alexander Selkirk is rescued after being shipwrecked on a desert island, inspiring Daniel Defoe's adventure book Robinson Crusoe.
  • June 28 » Peter the Great defeats Charles XII of Sweden at the Battle of Poltava.
  • July 8 » Peter I of Russia defeats Charles XII of Sweden at the Battle of Poltava, thus effectively ending Sweden's status as a major power in Europe.
  • August 8 » Bartolomeu de Gusmão demonstrates the lifting power of hot air in an audience before the king of Portugal in Lisbon, Portugal.
  • August 28 » Meidingnu Pamheiba is crowned King of Manipur.
  • September 11 » Battle of Malplaquet: Great Britain, Netherlands and Austria fight against France.

Day of marriage April 27, 1744

• The temperature on April 27, 1744 was about 7.0 °C. There was 29 mm of rainWind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: regen geheel betrokken. 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 1744: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 22 » War of the Austrian Succession: The Battle of Toulon causes several Royal Navy captains to be court-martialed, and the Articles of War to be amended.
  • July 4 » The Treaty of Lancaster, in which the Iroquois cede lands between the Allegheny Mountains and the Ohio River to the British colonies, was signed in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
  • September 30 » War of the Austrian Succession: France and Spain defeat Sardinia at the Battle of Madonna dell'Olmo, but soon have to withdraw from Sardinia anyway.

Day of death March 24, 1770

• The temperature on March 24, 1770 was about 1.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north by west. Weather type: omtrent helder. Special wheather fenomena: ijs. 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 1770: Source: Wikipedia
  • March 5 » Boston Massacre: Five Americans, including Crispus Attucks, are fatally shot by British troops in an event that would contribute to the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War (also known as the American War of Independence) five years later.
  • April 29 » James Cook arrives in Australia at Botany Bay, which he names.
  • May 16 » The 14-year-old Marie Antoinette marries 15-year-old Louis-Auguste, who later becomes king of France.
  • July 5 » The Battle of Chesma between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire begins.
  • July 7 » The Battle of Larga between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire takes place.
  • August 22 » James Cook names and lands on Possession Island, and claims the east coast of Australia for Britain as New South Wales.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1684 » Elizabeth Ridgeway, English woman convicted of poisoning her husband
• 1684 » Pieter de Hooch, Dutch painter (b. 1629)
• 1773 » Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, English politician, Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard (b. 1694)
• 1776 » John Harrison, English carpenter and clockmaker, invented the Marine chronometer (b. 1693)
• 1824 » Louis Marie de La Révellière-Lépeaux, French lawyer (b. 1753)
• 1838 » Abraham Hume, English floriculturist and Tory politician (b. 1748/49)