Family tree Van Soom » Guilielmus Petrus Thijs (1700-1766)
Personal data Guilielmus Petrus Thijs
- He was born on January 2, 1700 in Kuringen.
- He died on March 3, 1766 in Kuringen, he was 66 years old.
- A child of Joannes Thijs and Anna Theunis
- This information was last updated on October 1, 2007.
Household of Guilielmus Petrus Thijs
(1) He is married to Anna Maria Thoelen.
They got married on June 20, 1726 at Kuringen, he was 26 years old.
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(2) He is married to Anna Geerts.
They got married on April 12, 1750 at Kuringen, he was 50 years old.
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Historical events
Birthday January 2, 1700
- 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 1700: Source: Wikipedia
- January 26 » The 8.7–9.2 Mw Cascadia earthquake takes place off the west coast of North America, as evidenced by Japanese records.
- February 27 » The island of New Britain is discovered by Europeans.
- February 28 » Today is followed by March 1 in Sweden, thus creating the Swedish calendar.
- March 1 » Sweden introduces its own Swedish calendar, in an attempt to gradually merge into the Gregorian calendar, reverts to the Julian calendar on this date in 1712, and introduces the Gregorian calendar on this date in 1753.
Day of marriage April 12, 1750
- The temperature on April 12, 1750 was about 8.0 °C. There was 2 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: betrokken regen. Source: KNMI
- Erfstadhouder Prins Willem IV (Huis van Oranje) was from 1747 till 1751 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- In the year 1750: Source: Wikipedia
- November 11 » Riots break out in Lhasa after the murder of the Tibetan regent.
- November 11 » The F.H.C. Society, also known as the Flat Hat Club, is formed at Raleigh Tavern, Williamsburg, Virginia. It is the first college fraternity.
- November 24 » Tarabai, regent of the Maratha Empire, imprisons Rajaram II of Satara for refusing to remove Balaji Baji Rao from the post of peshwa.
Day of death March 3, 1766
- The temperature on March 3, 1766 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken omtrent helder. 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 1766: Source: Wikipedia
- March 5 » Antonio de Ulloa, the first Spanish governor of Louisiana, arrives in New Orleans.
- March 18 » American Revolution: The British Parliament repeals the Stamp Act.
- July 1 » François-Jean de la Barre, a young French nobleman, is tortured and beheaded before his body is burnt on a pyre along with a copy of Voltaire's Dictionnaire philosophique nailed to his torso for the crime of not saluting a Roman Catholic religious procession in Abbeville, France.
- November 10 » The last colonial governor of New Jersey, William Franklin, signs the charter of Queen's College (later renamed Rutgers University).
- December 5 » In London, auctioneer James Christie holds his first sale.
- December 25 » Mapuches in Chile launch a series of surprise attacks against the Spanish starting the Mapuche uprising of 1766.
Same birth/death day
- 1642 » Mehmed IV, Ottoman sultan († 1693)
- 1647 » Nathaniel Bacon, English-American rebel leader († 1676)
- 1699 » Osman III, Ottoman sultan († 1757)
- 1713 » Marie Dumesnil, French actress († 1803)
- 1727 » James Wolfe, English general († 1759)
- 1732 » František Brixi, Czech organist and composer († 1771)
- 1703 » Robert Hooke, English architect and philosopher (b. 1635)
- 1706 » Johann Pachelbel, German organist and composer (b. 1653)
- 1744 » Jean Barbeyrac, French scholar and jurist (b. 1674)
- 1765 » William Stukeley, English archaeologist and historian (b. 1687)
- 1768 » Nicola Porpora, Italian composer and educator (b. 1686)
- 1792 » Robert Adam, Scottish-English architect and politician, designed the Culzean Castle (b. 1728)
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