The Brown Tree » John Fife (1721-1780)
Personal data John Fife
Sources 1, 2, 3Sources 1, 2, 3- He was born on January 25, 1721 in Alloa, Ayrshire, Scotland.
- Alternative: He was born on January 25, 1721 in Alloa, Scot.
- Alternative: He was born on January 25, 1721 in Alloa, Scot.
- Alternative: He was born on January 25, 1721 in Alloa, Clackamannan, Scotland.
- He was baptized on April 13, 1723 in Sunnyside, Clack, Scotland.Source 2
- He died in the year 1780 in Alloa, Clack, Scotland, he was 58 years old.
- Alternative: He died in the year 1780 in Alloa, Clack, Scotland, he was 58 years old.
- Alternative: He died in the year 1780 in Alloa, Clack, Scotland, he was 58 years old.
- Alternative: He died in Alloa, Clack, Scotland.
- A child of Jean Anderson
Household of John Fife
(1) He is married to Isobel Fyfe.
They got married on November 23, 1764 at Alloa, Clack, Scotland, he was 43 years old.Source 2
They got married on November 23, 1744 at Alloa,Clackmannan,Scotland, he was 23 years old.Source 1Child(ren):
- William Fife 1756-????
Child(ren):
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Sources
- Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
- Millennium File, Heritage Consulting / Ancestry.com
- Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
Historical events
Birthday January 25, 1721
- The temperature on January 25, 1721 was about 7.0 °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 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.
Christening day April 13, 1723
- The temperature on April 13, 1723 was about 11.0 °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 1723: Source: Wikipedia
- June 26 » After a siege and bombardment by cannon, Baku surrenders to the Russians.
- August 17 » Ioan Giurgiu Patachi becomes Bishop of Făgăraș and is festively installed in his position at the St. Nicolas Cathedral in Făgăraș, after being formally confirmed earlier by Pope Clement XI.
- September 14 » Grand Master António Manoel de Vilhena lays down the first stone of Fort Manoel in Malta.
Day of marriage November 23, 1764
- The temperature on November 23, 1764 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: 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)
- Regent Lodewijk Ernst (Hertog van Brunswijk-Wolfenbüttel) was from 1759 till 1766 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- In the year 1764: Source: Wikipedia
- January 19 » Bolle Willum Luxdorph records in his diary that a mail bomb, possibly the world's first, has severely injured the Danish Colonel Poulsen, residing at Børglum Abbey.
- January 19 » John Wilkes is expelled from the British House of Commons for seditious libel.
- February 15 » The city of St. Louis is established in Spanish Louisiana (now in Missouri, USA).
- September 7 » Election of Stanisław August Poniatowski as the last ruler of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
Same birth/death day
- 1736 » Joseph-Louis Lagrange, Italian-French mathematician and astronomer († 1813)
- 1739 » Charles François Dumouriez, French general and politician, French Minister of Defence († 1823)
- 1743 » Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi, German philosopher and author († 1819)
- 1750 » Johann Gottfried Vierling, German organist and composer († 1813)
- 1755 » Paolo Mascagni, Italian physician and anatomist (probable; d. 1815)
- 1759 » Robert Burns, Scottish poet and songwriter († 1796)
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Wesley Brown, "The Brown Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/the-brown-tree/P8625.php : accessed January 25, 2026), "John Fife (1721-1780)".