Stephenson Family Tree » Johann Stephen Christian Braun (1702-1763)

Christening day February 11, 1703

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  Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• In the year 1703: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 30 » The Forty-seven rōnin, under the command of Ōishi Kuranosuke, avenge the death of their master, by killing Kira Yoshinaka.
  • May 21 » Daniel Defoe is imprisoned on charges of seditious libel.
  • May 27 » Tsar Peter the Great founds the city of Saint Petersburg.
  • July 31 » Daniel Defoe is placed in a pillory for the crime of seditious libel after publishing a politically satirical pamphlet, but is pelted with flowers.
  • August 23 » Edirne event: Sultan Mustafa II of the Ottoman Empire is dethroned.
  • December 7 » The Great Storm of 1703, the greatest windstorm ever recorded in the southern part of Great Britain, makes landfall. Winds gust up to 120mph, and 9,000 people die.

Day of marriage March 13, 1730

• The temperature on March 13, 1730 was about 4.0 °C. There was 29 mm of rainWind direction mainly south. Weather type: regen. 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 1730: Source: Wikipedia
  • April 8 » Shearith Israel, the first synagogue in New York City, is dedicated.
  • July 8 » An estimated magnitude 8.7 earthquake causes a tsunami that damages more than 1,000km (620mi) of Chile's coastline.
  • October 1 » Ahmed III is forced to abdicate as the Ottoman sultan.
  • October 22 » Construction of the Ladoga Canal is completed.
  • November 18 » The future Frederick II (known as Frederick the Great), King of Prussia, is granted a royal pardon and released from confinement.

Day of death January 14, 1763

• The temperature on January 14, 1763 was about -8 °C. Wind direction mainly east by south. Weather type: omtrent helder. Special wheather fenomena: noorderlicht. 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)
• Regent Lodewijk Ernst (Hertog van Brunswijk-Wolfenbüttel) was from 1759 till 1766 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• In the year 1763: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 10 » French and Indian War: The Treaty of Paris ends the war and France cedes Quebec to Great Britain.
  • May 7 » Pontiac's War begins with Pontiac's attempt to seize Fort Detroit from the British.
  • June 2 » Pontiac's Rebellion: At what is now Mackinaw City, Michigan, Chippewas capture Fort Michilimackinac by diverting the garrison's attention with a game of lacrosse, then chasing a ball into the fort.
  • August 5 » Pontiac's War: Battle of Bushy Run: British forces led by Henry Bouquet defeat Chief Pontiac's Indians at Bushy Run.
  • October 7 » King George III issues the Royal Proclamation of 1763, closing Indigenous lands in North America north and west of the Alleghenies to white settlements.
  • December 2 » Dedication of the Touro Synagogue, in Newport, Rhode Island, the first synagogue in what will become the United States.

Source: Wikipedia

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