Family tree Van Luik » Meinsje(Maria) KOPPENOL (1695-1778)

Christening day January 23, 1695

• 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 1695: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 27 » Mustafa II becomes the Ottoman sultan and Caliph of Islam in Istanbul on the death of Ahmed II. Mustafa rules until his abdication in 1703.
  • August 15 » French forces end the bombardment of Brussels.
  • September 7 » Henry Every perpetrates one of the most profitable pirate raids in history with the capture of the Grand Mughal ship Ganj-i-Sawai. In response, Emperor Aurangzeb threatens to end all English trading in India.
  • November 20 » Zumbi, the last of the leaders of Quilombo dos Palmares in early Brazil, is executed by the forces of Portuguese bandeirante Domingos Jorge Velho - an event nowadays commemorated in Black Awareness Day.

Day of marriage April 4, 1739

• The temperature on April 4, 1739 was about 14.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: omtrent helder. 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 1739: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 1 » Bouvet Island, the world's remotest island is discovered by French explorer Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier.
  • February 17 » The Battle of Vasai commences as the Marathas move to invade Portuguese-occupied territory.
  • February 23 » At York Castle, the outlaw Dick Turpin is identified by his former schoolteacher. Turpin had been using the name Richard Palmer.
  • March 22 » Nader Shah occupies Delhi in India and sacks the city, stealing the jewels of the Peacock Throne.
  • May 16 » The Battle of Vasai concludes as the Marathas defeat the Portuguese army.
  • September 9 » Stono Rebellion, the largest slave uprising in Britain's mainland North American colonies prior to the American Revolution, erupts near Charleston, South Carolina.

Day of death March 7, 1778

• The temperature on March 7, 1778 was about 3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northeast. Weather type: 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 1778: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 9 » Rhode Island becomes the fourth US state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
  • June 18 » American Revolutionary War: British troops abandon Philadelphia.
  • June 28 » American Revolutionary War: The American Continentals engage the British in the Battle of Monmouth Courthouse resulting in standstill and British withdrawal under cover of darkness.
  • July 27 » American Revolution: First Battle of Ushant: British and French fleets fight to a standoff.
  • July 28 » Constitution of the province of Cantabria ratified at the Assembly Hall in Bárcena la Puente, Reocín, Spain.
  • December 29 » American Revolutionary War: Three thousand British soldiers under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Campbell capture Savannah, Georgia.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1724 » Pope Innocent XIII (b. 1655)
• 1767 » Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville, Canadian politician, 2nd Colonial Governor of Louisiana (b. 1680)
• 1778 » Charles De Geer, Swedish entomologist and archaeologist (b. 1720)
• 1809 » Jean-Pierre Blanchard, French inventor, best known as a pioneer in balloon flight (b. 1753)
• 1810 » Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood, English admiral (b. 1750)
• 1838 » Robert Townsend, American spy (b. 1753)