Stephenson Family Tree » Hans Blickenstorfer (1633-1702)

Christening day November 3, 1633

• Stadhouder Prins Frederik Hendrik (Huis van Oranje) was from 1625 till 1647 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• In the year 1633: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 13 » Galileo Galilei arrives in Rome for his trial before the Inquisition.
  • March 1 » Samuel de Champlain reclaims his role as commander of New France on behalf of Cardinal Richelieu.
  • June 18 » Charles I is crowned King of Scots at St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh.
  • June 22 » The Holy Office in Rome forces Galileo Galilei to recant his view that the Sun, not the Earth, is the center of the Universe in the form he presented it in, after heated controversy.
  • October 22 » The Ming dynasty defeats the Dutch East India Company.

Day of marriage December 14, 1652

•  This page is only available in Dutch.
  Van 1650 tot 1672 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Eerste Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• In the year 1652: Source: Wikipedia
  • April 6 » At the Cape of Good Hope, Dutch sailor Jan van Riebeeck establishes a resupply camp that eventually becomes Cape Town.
  • May 18 » Slavery in Rhode Island is abolished, although the law is not rigorously enforced.
  • June 20 » Tarhoncu Ahmed Pasha is appointed Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire.
  • August 16 » Battle of Plymouth: Inconclusive naval action between the fleets of Michiel de Ruyter and George Ayscue in the First Anglo-Dutch War.
  • September 7 » Around 15,000 Han farmers and militia rebel against Dutch rule on Taiwan.
  • December 10 » Defeat at the Battle of Dungeness causes the Commonwealth of England to reform its navy.

Day of death January 21, 1702

• Stadhouder Prins Willem III (Huis van Oranje) was from 1672 till 1702 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
•  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 1702: Source: Wikipedia
  • March 8 » Queen Anne, the younger sister of Mary II, becomes Queen regnant of England, Scotland, and Ireland.
  • March 11 » The Daily Courant, England's first national daily newspaper, is published for the first time.
  • July 19 » Great Northern War: A numerically superior Polish-Saxon army of Augustus II the Strong, operating from an advantageous defensive position, is defeated by a Swedish army half its size under the command of King Charles XII in the Battle of Klissow.
  • November 10 » English colonists under the command of James Moore besiege Spanish St. Augustine during Queen Anne's War.
  • December 30 » Queen Anne's War: James Moore, Governor of the Province of Carolina, abandons the Siege of St. Augustine.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1683 » Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1621)
• 1699 » Obadiah Walker, English historian and academic (b. 1616)
• 1706 » Adrien Baillet, French scholar and critic (b. 1649)
• 1710 » Johann Georg Gichtel, German mystic and critic (b. 1638)
• 1722 » Charles Paulet, 2nd Duke of Bolton, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1661)
• 1731 » Ignjat Đurđević, Croatian poet and translator (b. 1675)