Stephenson Family Tree » Hannah Gary (1671-1762)

Christening day July 9, 1671

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  Van 1650 tot 1672 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Eerste Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• In the year 1671: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 28 » Original city of Panama (founded in 1519) was destroyed by a fire when privateer Henry Morgan sacked and set fire to it. The site of the previously devastated city is still in ruins (see Panama Viejo).
  • April 30 » Petar Zrinski, the Croatian Ban from the Zrinski family, is executed.
  • May 9 » Thomas Blood, disguised as a clergyman, attempts to steal England's Crown Jewels from the Tower of London.

Day of marriage August 2, 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.
  • February 4 » In Edo (now Tokyo), all but one of the Forty-seven Ronin commit seppuku (ritual suicide) as recompense for avenging their master's death.
  • May 21 » Daniel Defoe is imprisoned on charges of seditious libel.
  • July 26 » During the Bavarian Rummel the rural population of Tyrol drove the Bavarian Prince-Elector Maximilian II Emanuel out of North Tyrol with a victory at the Pontlatzer Bridge and thus prevented the Bavarian Army, which was allied with France, from marching as planned on Vienna during the War of the Spanish Succession.
  • 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.
  • December 27 » Portugal and England sign the Methuen Treaty which gives preference to Portuguese imported wines into England.

Day of death January 12, 1762

• The temperature on January 12, 1762 was about 8.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly south. Weather type: regen betrokken. 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 1762: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 4 » Great Britain declares war on Spain, thus entering the Seven Years' War.
  • March 10 » French Huguenot Jean Calas, who had been wrongly convicted of killing his son, dies after being tortured by authorities; the event inspired Voltaire to begin a campaign for religious tolerance and legal reform.
  • May 22 » Sweden and Prussia sign the Treaty of Hamburg.
  • May 22 » Trevi Fountain is officially completed and inaugurated in Rome.
  • September 12 » The Sultanate of Sulu ceded Balambangan Island to the British East India Company
  • October 6 » Seven Years' War: The British Capture Manila from Spain and occupy it.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1735 » John Eccles, English composer (b. 1668)
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• 1765 » Johann Melchior Molter, German violinist and composer (b. 1696)
• 1777 » Hugh Mercer, Scottish-American general and physician (b. 1726)
• 1778 » François Bigot, French politician (b. 1703)
• 1781 » Richard Challoner, English bishop (b. 1691)