Family tree of Staa » Aert Philippus van Staa (1697-1775)

Day of marriage May 6, 1717

• The temperature on May 6, 1717 was about 12.0 °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 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.
  • 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).
  • July 17 » King George I of Great Britain sails down the River Thames with a barge of 50 musicians, where George Frideric Handel's Water Music is premiered.
  • August 22 » Spanish troops land on Sardinia.
  • September 29 » An earthquake strikes Antigua Guatemala, destroying much of the city's architecture.

Day of death April 25, 1775

• The temperature on April 25, 1775 was about 12.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: dauw. 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 1775: Source: Wikipedia
  • March 8 » An anonymous writer, thought by some to be Thomas Paine, publishes "African Slavery in America", the first article in the American colonies calling for the emancipation of slaves and the abolition of slavery.
  • April 19 » American Revolutionary War: The war begins with an American victory in Concord during the battles of Lexington and Concord.
  • June 14 » American Revolutionary War: the Continental Army is established by the Continental Congress, marking the birth of the United States Army.
  • July 3 » American Revolutionary War: George Washington takes command of the Continental Army at Cambridge, Massachusetts.
  • September 8 » The unsuccessful Rising of the Priests in Malta.
  • November 10 » The United States Marine Corps is founded at Tun Tavern in Philadelphia by Samuel Nicholas.

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• 1690 » David Teniers the Younger, Flemish painter and educator (b. 1610)
• 1744 » Anders Celsius, Swedish astronomer, physicist, and mathematician (b. 1701)
• 1770 » Jean-Antoine Nollet, French minister, physicist, and academic (b. 1700)
• 1800 » William Cowper, English poet (b. 1731)
• 1840 » Siméon Denis Poisson, French mathematician and physicist (b. 1781)
• 1873 » Fyodor Petrovich Tolstoy, Russian painter and sculptor (b. 1783)