Family tree Vredeling » Geen Jacobszoon "Geen Kleysz" Smouter (1640-1713)

Christening day April 9, 1640

• Stadhouder Prins Frederik Hendrik (Huis van Oranje) was from 1625 till 1647 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• In the year 1640: Source: Wikipedia
  • May 5 » King Charles I of England dissolves the Short Parliament.
  • August 28 » Second Bishop's War: King Charles I's English army loses to a Scottish Covenanter force at the Battle of Newburn.
  • October 26 » The Treaty of Ripon is signed, restoring peace between Covenanter Scotland and King Charles.
  • December 1 » End of the Iberian Union: Portugal acclaims as King João IV of Portugal, ending 59 years of personal union of the crowns of Portugal and Spain and the end of the rule of the Philippine Dynasty.

Day of marriage December 20, 1662

•  This page is only available in Dutch.
  Van 1650 tot 1672 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Eerste Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• In the year 1662: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 1 » The Chinese general Koxinga seizes the island of Taiwan after a nine-month siege.
  • May 9 » The figure who later became Mr. Punch makes his first recorded appearance in England.
  • August 24 » The Act of Uniformity requires England to accept the Book of Common Prayer.
  • October 17 » Charles II of England sells Dunkirk to Louis XIV of France for 40,000 pounds.
  • December 1 » Diarist John Evelyn records skating on the frozen lake in St James's Park, London, watched by Charles II and Queen Catherine.

Day of death September 23, 1713

• The temperature on September 23, 1713 was about 15.0 °C. Source: KNMI
•  This page is only available in Dutch.
  Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• In the year 1713: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 1 » The Kalabalik or Skirmish at Bender results from the Ottoman sultan's order that his unwelcome guest, King Charles XII of Sweden, be seized.
  • March 1 » The siege and destruction of Fort Neoheroka begins during the Tuscarora War in North Carolina, effectively opening up the colony's interior to European colonization.
  • March 22 » The Tuscarora War comes to an end with the fall of Fort Neoheroka, effectively opening up the interior of North Carolina to European colonization.
  • April 11 » War of the Spanish Succession (Queen Anne's War): Treaty of Utrecht.
  • April 19 » With no living male heirs, Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, issues the Pragmatic Sanction of 1713 to ensure that Habsburg lands and the Austrian throne would be inheritable by a female; his daughter and successor, Maria Theresa was not born until 1717.
  • June 23 » The French residents of Acadia are given one year to declare allegiance to Britain or leave Nova Scotia, Canada.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1675 » Valentin Conrart, French author, founded the Académie française (b. 1603)
• 1728 » Christian Thomasius, German jurist and philosopher (b. 1655)
• 1738 » Herman Boerhaave, Dutch botanist and physician (b. 1668)
• 1764 » Robert Dodsley, English poet and playwright (b. 1703)
• 1773 » Johan Ernst Gunnerus, Norwegian bishop and botanist (b. 1718)
• 1789 » John Rogers, American lawyer and politician (b. 1723)