The Swift Family Tree » Godfrey Watts (1684-1741)
Personal data Godfrey Watts
Sources 1, 2Sources 3, 4- He was born on January 30, 1684 in Old Brampton, Derbyshire, England.
- He died on April 16, 1741 in Old Brampton, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom, he was 57 years old.Source 1
- A child of George Watts and Rebecca Watts
Household of Godfrey Watts
He is married to Maria Needham.
They got married on September 21, 1702 at Saint Peter, Old Brampton, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom, he was 18 years old.Sources 1, 3, 4
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Sources
- Geneanet Community Trees Index, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
- Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree / Ancestry.com
- Derbyshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812, Ancestry.com, Derbyshire Record Office; Matlock, Derbyshire, England; Derbyshire Church of England Parish Registers; Diocese: Diocese of Derby; Reference Number: D 947 A/PI 14 / Ancestry.com
- England, Select Derbyshire, Church of England Parish Registers, 1538-1910, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
Historical events
Birthday January 30, 1684
- 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 1684: Source: Wikipedia
- June 18 » The charter of the Massachusetts Bay Colony is revoked via a scire facias writ issued by an English court.
- December 10 » Isaac Newton's derivation of Kepler's laws from his theory of gravity, contained in the paper De motu corporum in gyrum, is read to the Royal Society by Edmond Halley.
Day of marriage September 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.
Day of death April 16, 1741
- The temperature on April 16, 1741 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west. Weather type: zeer betrokken. 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 1741: Source: Wikipedia
- March 13 » The Battle of Cartagena de Indias (part of the War of Jenkins' Ear) begins.
- March 18 » New York governor George Clarke's complex at Fort George is burned in an arson attack, starting the New York Conspiracy of 1741.
- June 25 » Maria Theresa is crowned Queen of Hungary.
- July 15 » Aleksei Chirikov sights land in Southeast Alaska. He sends men ashore in a longboat, making them the first Europeans to visit Alaska.
- August 10 » King Marthanda Varma of Travancore defeats the Dutch East India Company at the Battle of Colachel, effectively bringing about the end of the Dutch colonial rule in India.
- September 14 » George Frideric Handel completes his oratorio Messiah.
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- 1703 » François Bigot, French politician († 1778)
- 1720 » Charles De Geer, Swedish entomologist and archaeologist († 1778)
- 1754 » John Lansing, Jr., American lawyer and politician († 1829)
- 1687 » George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, English poet and politician, Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire (b. 1628)
- 1689 » Aphra Behn, English author and playwright (b. 1640)
- 1742 » Stefano Benedetto Pallavicino, Italian poet and translator (b. 1672)
- 1756 » Jacques Cassini, French astronomer (b. 1677)
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