Stephenson Family Tree » Johans Nicolas Helm (1667-1721)

Christening day August 15, 1667

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  Van 1650 tot 1672 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Eerste Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• In the year 1667: Source: Wikipedia
  • April 27 » Blind and impoverished, John Milton sells Paradise Lost to a printer for £10, so that it could be entered into the Stationers' Register.
  • May 24 » The French Royal Army crosses the border into the Spanish Netherlands, starting the War of Devolution opposing France to the Spanish Empire and the Triple Alliance.
  • June 9 » Second Anglo-Dutch War: The Raid on the Medway by the Dutch fleet begins. It lasts for five days and results in the worst ever defeat of the Royal Navy.
  • June 14 » The Raid on the Medway by the Dutch fleet in the Second Anglo-Dutch War ends. It had lasted for five days and resulted in the worst ever defeat of the Royal Navy.
  • June 15 » The first human blood transfusion is administered by Dr. Jean-Baptiste Denys.
  • November 25 » A deadly earthquake rocks Shemakha in the Caucasus, killing 80,000 people.

Day of marriage April 26, 1693

• 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 1693: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 11 » A powerful earthquake destroys parts of Sicily and Malta.
  • February 8 » The College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, is granted a charter by King William III and Queen Mary II.
  • July 25 » Ignacio de Maya founds the Real Santiago de las Sabinas, now known as Sabinas Hidalgo, Nuevo León, Mexico.
  • July 29 » War of the Grand Alliance: Battle of Landen: France wins a Pyrrhic victory over Allied forces in the Netherlands.
  • August 4 » Date traditionally ascribed to Dom Perignon's invention of champagne; it is not clear whether he actually invented champagne, however he has been credited as an innovator who developed the techniques used to perfect sparkling wine.
  • October 4 » Nine Years' War: Piedmontese troops are defeated by the French.

Day of death March 6, 1721

• The temperature on March 6, 1721 was about 2.0 °C. Source: KNMI
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  Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• In the year 1721: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 6 » The Committee of Inquiry on the South Sea Bubble publishes its findings, revealing details of fraud among company directors and corrupt politicians.
  • March 24 » Johann Sebastian Bach dedicated six concertos to Margrave Christian Ludwig of Brandenburg-Schwedt, now commonly called the Brandenburg Concertos, BWV 1046-1051.
  • April 4 » Sir Robert Walpole becomes the first British prime minister.
  • April 26 » A massive earthquake devastates the Iranian city of Tabriz.
  • August 18 » The city of Shamakhi in Safavid Shirvan is sacked.
  • October 22 » Russian Empire is proclaimed by Tsar Peter I after the Swedish defeat in the Great Northern War.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1616 » Francis Beaumont, English playwright (b. 1584)
• 1754 » Henry Pelham, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1694)
• 1758 » Henry Vane, 1st Earl of Darlington, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Durham (b. 1705)
• 1764 » Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke, English lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom (b. 1690)
• 1796 » Guillaume Thomas François Raynal, French historian and author (b. 1713)
• 1836 » Deaths at the Battle of the Alamo: