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Day of marriage May 5, 1683

• 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 1683: Source: Wikipedia
  • May 24 » The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England, opens as the world's first university museum.
  • June 23 » William Penn signs a friendship treaty with Lenni Lenape Indians in Pennsylvania.
  • September 11 » Battle of Vienna: Coalition forces, including the famous winged Hussars, led by Polish King John III Sobieski lift the siege laid by Ottoman forces.
  • September 12 » Austro-Ottoman War: Battle of Vienna: Several European armies join forces to defeat the Ottoman Empire.
  • October 3 » Qing dynasty naval commander Shi Lang receives the surrender of the Tungning kingdom on Taiwan after the Battle of Penghu.
  • November 1 » The British Crown colony of New York is subdivided into 12 counties.

Day of death November 27, 1738

• The temperature on November 27, 1738 was about -1.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east. Weather type: zeer betrokken. 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 1738: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 7 » A peace treaty is signed between Peshwa Bajirao and Jai Singh II following Maratha victory in the Battle of Bhopal.
  • April 15 » Serse, an Italian opera by George Frideric Handel receives its premiere performance in London, England.
  • April 18 » Real Academia de la Historia ("Royal Academy of History") is founded in Madrid.
  • May 24 » John Wesley is converted, essentially launching the Methodist movement; the day is celebrated annually by Methodists as Aldersgate Day and a church service is generally held on the preceding Sunday.
  • May 25 » A treaty between Pennsylvania and Maryland ends the Conojocular War with settlement of a boundary dispute and exchange of prisoners.
  • July 15 » Baruch Laibov and Alexander Voznitzin are burned alive in St. Petersburg, Russia. Vonitzin had converted to Judaism with Laibov's help, with the consent of Empress Anna Ivanovna.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1632 » John Eliot, English politician (b. 1592)
• 1703 » Henry Winstanley, English painter and engineer (b. 1644)
• 1754 » Abraham de Moivre, French-English mathematician and theorist (b. 1667)
• 1811 » Andrew Meikle, Scottish engineer, designed the threshing machine (b. 1719)
• 1819 » Gustavus Conyngham, Irish-born American merchant sea captain, an officer in the Continental Navy and a privateer.
• 1830 » André Parmentier, Belgian-American architect (b. 1780)