TEST BOUTREUX » Jean GOURDON (1697-1766)

Day of marriage February 15, 1745

• The temperature on February 15, 1745 was about 3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: omtrent helder. 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 1745: Source: Wikipedia
  • May 11 » War of the Austrian Succession: French forces defeat an Anglo-Dutch–Hanoverian army.
  • June 4 » Battle of Hohenfriedberg: Frederick the Great's Prussian army decisively defeated an Austrian army under Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine during the War of the Austrian Succession.
  • July 9 » French victory in the Battle of Melle allows them to capture Ghent in the days after.
  • August 19 » Ottoman–Persian War: In the Battle of Kars, the Ottoman army is routed by Persian forces led by Nader Shah.
  • August 19 » Prince Charles Edward Stuart raises his standard in Glenfinnan: The start of the Second Jacobite Rebellion, known as "the 45".
  • December 4 » Charles Edward Stuart's army reaches Derby, its furthest point during the Second Jacobite Rising.

Day of death February 11, 1766

• The temperature on February 11, 1766 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: sneeuw zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
• Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• In the year 1766: Source: Wikipedia
  • March 18 » American Revolution: The British Parliament repeals the Stamp Act.
  • May 22 » A large earthquake causes heavy damage and loss of life in Istanbul and the Marmara region.
  • July 1 » François-Jean de la Barre, a young French nobleman, is tortured and beheaded before his body is burnt on a pyre along with a copy of Voltaire's Dictionnaire philosophique nailed to his torso for the crime of not saluting a Roman Catholic religious procession in Abbeville, France.
  • November 10 » The last colonial governor of New Jersey, William Franklin, signs the charter of Queen's College (later renamed Rutgers University).
  • December 2 » Swedish parliament approved the Swedish Freedom of the Press Act and implemented it as a ground law, thus being first in the world with freedom of speech.
  • December 5 » In London, auctioneer James Christie holds his first sale.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1755 » Francesco Scipione, marchese di Maffei, Italian archaeologist, playwright, and critic (b. 1675)
• 1763 » William Shenstone, English poet and gardener (b. 1714)
• 1795 » Carl Michael Bellman, Swedish poet and composer (b. 1740)
• 1829 » Alexander Griboyedov, Russian poet, playwright, and composer (b. 1795)
• 1862 » Elizabeth Siddal, English poet and artist's model (b. 1829)
• 1868 » Léon Foucault, French physicist and academic (b. 1819)