Family tree Van Dijk » Steven Hendriks Pothoven (1715-????)

Birthday November 9, 1715

• The temperature on November 9, 1715 was about 7.0 °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 1715: Source: Wikipedia
  • April 15 » The Pocotaligo Massacre triggers the start of the Yamasee War in colonial South Carolina.
  • May 3 » A total solar eclipse was visible across northern Europe, and northern Asia, as predicted by Edmond Halley to within 4 minutes accuracy.
  • July 20 » Seventh Ottoman–Venetian War: The Ottoman Empire captures Nauplia, the capital of the Republic of Venice's "Kingdom of the Morea", thereby opening the way to the swift Ottoman reconquest of the Morea.
  • July 31 » Seven days after a Spanish treasure fleet of 12 ships left Havana, Cuba for Spain, 11 of them sink in a storm off the coast of Florida. A few centuries later, treasure is salvaged from these wrecks.
  • September 1 » King Louis XIV of France dies after a reign of 72 years, which is the longest of any major European monarch.
  • November 13 » Jacobite rising in Scotland: Battle of Sheriffmuir: The forces of the Kingdom of Great Britain halt the Jacobite advance, although the action is inconclusive.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1697 » Claudio Casciolini, Italian singer and composer († 1760)
• 1719 » Domenico Lorenzo Ponziani, Italian priest, theoretician, and academic († 1796)
• 1721 » Mark Akenside, English physician and poet († 1770)
• 1723 » Anna Amalia, Abbess of Quedlinburg († 1787)
• 1731 » Benjamin Banneker, American farmer, surveyor, and author († 1806)
• 1732 » Jeanne Julie Éléonore de Lespinasse, French businesswoman and author († 1776)