Stephenson Family Tree » Johann Konrad Kohler (1683-1726)

Christening day May 14, 1688

• 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 1688: Source: Wikipedia
  • May 10 » King Narai nominates Phetracha as regent, leading to the revolution of 1688 in which Phetracha becomes king of the Ayutthaya Kingdom.
  • September 26 » The city council of Amsterdam votes to support William of Orange's invasion of England, which became the Glorious Revolution.
  • November 1 » William III of Orange sets out a second time from Hellevoetsluis in the Netherlands to seize the crowns of England, Scotland and Ireland from King James II of England during the Glorious Revolution.
  • November 5 » William III of England lands with a Dutch fleet at Brixham.
  • December 9 » Glorious Revolution: Williamite forces defeat Jacobites at Battle of Reading, forcing flight of James II from the country.
  • December 23 » As part of the Glorious Revolution, King James II of England flees from England to Paris, France after being deposed in favor of his nephew, William of Orange and his daughter Mary.

Day of marriage January 27, 1706

•  This page is only available in Dutch.
  Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• In the year 1706: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 3 » During the Battle of Fraustadt Swedish forces defeat a superior Saxon-Polish-Russian force by deploying a double envelopment.
  • May 23 » John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, defeats a French army under Marshal François de Neufville, duc de Villeroy at the Battle of Ramillies.
  • July 22 » The Acts of Union 1707 are agreed upon by commissioners from the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland, which, when passed by each countries' Parliaments, led to the creation of the Kingdom of Great Britain.
  • September 7 » War of the Spanish Succession: Siege of Turin ends, leading to the withdrawal of French forces from North Italy.

Day of death July 25, 1726

• Weather type: omtrent betrokken wat regen. Source: KNMI
•  This page is only available in Dutch.
  Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• In the year 1726: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 13 » Parliament of Negrete between Mapuche and Spanish authorities in Chile bring an end to the Mapuche uprising of 1723–26.
  • February 19 » The Supreme Privy Council is established in Russia.
  • May 9 » Five men arrested during a raid on Mother Clap's molly house in London are executed at Tyburn.
  • October 28 » The novel Gulliver's Travels is published.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1681 » Urian Oakes, English-American minister and educator (b. 1631)
• 1790 » Johann Bernhard Basedow, German educator and reformer (b. 1723)
• 1790 » William Livingston, American soldier and politician, 1st Governor of New Jersey (b. 1723)
• 1791 » Isaac Low, American merchant and politician (b. 1735)
• 1794 » André Chénier, Greek-French poet and author (b. 1762)
• 1794 » Jean-Antoine Roucher, French poet and author (b. 1745)