Stephenson Family Tree » Joseph Coulson (1669-1708)

Christening day July 17, 1669

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  Van 1650 tot 1672 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Eerste Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• In the year 1669: Source: Wikipedia
  • May 31 » Citing poor eyesight as a reason, Samuel Pepys records the last event in his diary.
  • September 27 » The Venetians surrender the fortress of Candia to the Ottomans, thus ending the 21-year-long Siege of Candia.

Day of marriage March 11, 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.
  • June 30 » The Immortal Seven issue the Invitation to William, which would culminate in the Glorious Revolution.
  • 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 9 » Glorious Revolution: William of Orange captures Exeter.
  • December 9 » Glorious Revolution: Williamite forces defeat Jacobites at Battle of Reading, forcing flight of James II from the country.

Day of death February 1, 1708

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  Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• In the year 1708: Source: Wikipedia
  • March 11 » Queen Anne withholds Royal Assent from the Scottish Militia Bill, the last time a British monarch vetoes legislation.
  • March 23 » James Francis Edward Stuart lands at the Firth of Forth as part of the planned French invasion of Britain.
  • September 11 » Charles XII of Sweden stops his march to conquer Moscow outside Smolensk, marking the turning point in the Great Northern War. The army is defeated nine months later in the Battle of Poltava, and the Swedish Empire ceases to be a major power.
  • October 9 » Peter the Great defeats the Swedes at the Battle of Lesnaya.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1691 » Pope Alexander VIII (b. 1610)
• 1718 » Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury, English politician, Lord High Treasurer (b. 1660)
• 1733 » Augustus II the Strong, Polish king (b. 1670)
• 1734 » John Floyer, English physician and author (b. 1649)
• 1743 » Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, Italian organist and composer (b. 1657)
• 1750 » Bakar of Georgia (b. 1699)