Swartz/Rand Family Tree » William MOSS (1688-1718)
Personal data William MOSS
Source 1- He was born on February 17, 1688 in York, Virginia, United States.Source 1
- (FamilySearch ID) : GS91-C2P.
- He died on January 27, 1718 in Charles Parish, york co, Va, he was 29 years old.Source 1
- A child of Edward MOSS and Eleanor WESTWOOD
- This information was last updated on September 28, 2019.
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- "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch , FamilySearch Family Tree (https://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, accessed 3 Jun 2019), entry for William Moss, person ID GS91-C2P.
Historical events
Birthday February 17, 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- December 11 » Glorious Revolution: James II of England, while trying to flee to France, throws the Great Seal of the Realm into the River Thames.
Day of death January 27, 1718
- The temperature on January 27, 1718 was about -2 °C. 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 1718: Source: Wikipedia
- May 7 » The city of New Orleans is founded by Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville.
- May 15 » James Puckle, a London lawyer, patents the world's first machine gun.
- June 26 » Alexei Petrovich, Tsarevich of Russia, Peter the Great's son, mysteriously dies after being sentenced to death by his father for plotting against him.
- July 21 » The Treaty of Passarowitz between the Ottoman Empire, Austria and the Republic of Venice is signed.
- November 30 » King Charles XII of Sweden dies during a siege of the fortress of Fredriksten in Norway.
- December 17 » War of the Quadruple Alliance: Great Britain declares war on Spain.
Same birth/death day
- 1646 » Pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert, French economist († 1714)
- 1653 » Arcangelo Corelli, Italian violinist and composer († 1713)
- 1723 » Tobias Mayer, German astronomer and academic († 1762)
- 1740 » Horace-Bénédict de Saussure, Swiss physicist and meteorologist († 1799)
- 1752 » Friedrich Maximilian Klinger, German author and playwright († 1831)
- 1754 » Nicolas Baudin, French cartographer and explorer († 1803)
- 1651 » Abraham Bloemaert, Dutch painter and illustrator (b. 1566)
- 1689 » Robert Aske, English merchant and philanthropist (b. 1619)
- 1731 » Bartolomeo Cristofori, Italian instrument maker, invented the Piano (b. 1655)
- 1733 » Thomas Woolston, English theologian and author (b. 1669)
- 1740 » Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon (b. 1692)
- 1770 » Philippe Macquer, French historian (b. 1720)
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Keith Swartz, "Swartz/Rand Family Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/swartz-rand-family-tree/I88891117.php : accessed May 1, 2025), "William MOSS (1688-1718)".