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Personal data Sarah Briggs 

  • She was born on September 12, 1685 in Kingston Washington, Rhode Island.
  • She died on April 9, 1757 in Exeter, Washington, Rhode Island, she was 71 years old.
  • This information was last updated on October 18, 2023.

Household of Sarah Briggs

She is married to Samuel Wightman.

They got married on December 9, 1708, she was 23 years old.

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Birthday September 12, 1685

  • 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 1685: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 6 » James II of England and VII of Scotland is proclaimed King upon the death of his brother Charles II.
    • February 20 » René-Robert Cavelier establishes Fort St. Louis at Matagorda Bay thus forming the basis for France's claim to Texas.
    • May 7 » Battle of Vrtijeljka between rebels and Ottoman forces.
    • June 20 » Monmouth Rebellion: James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth declares himself King of England at Bridgwater.
    • July 6 » Battle of Sedgemoor: Last battle of the Monmouth Rebellion. troops of King James II defeat troops of James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth.

Day of death April 9, 1757

  • The temperature on April 9, 1757 was about 10.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east by south. Weather type: geheel 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)
  • Regentes Anna (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1759 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1757: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 5 » Louis XV of France survives an assassination attempt by Robert-François Damiens, the last person to be executed in France by drawing and quartering, the traditional and gruesome form of capital punishment used for regicides.
    • January 16 » Forces of the Maratha Empire defeat a 5,000-strong army of the Durrani Empire in the Battle of Narela.
    • May 6 » English poet Christopher Smart is admitted into St Luke's Hospital for Lunatics in London, beginning his six-year confinement to mental asylums.
    • May 6 » The end of Konbaung–Hanthawaddy War, and the end of Burmese Civil War (1740–1757).
    • June 18 » Battle of Kolín between Prussian forces under Frederick the Great and an Austrian army under the command of Field Marshal Count Leopold Joseph von Daun in the Seven Years' War.
    • December 31 » Empress Elizabeth I of Russia issues her ukase incorporating Königsberg into Russia.


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