West-Europese adel » Christiaan Huijgens (1683-1768)

Personal data Christiaan Huijgens 


Household of Christiaan Huijgens

He is married to Anna Therese Johnstone.

They got married on December 5, 1723, he was 40 years old.


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Birthday July 9, 1683

  • 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 1683: Source: Wikipedia
    • June 23 » William Penn signs a friendship treaty with Lenni Lenape Indians in Pennsylvania.
    • September 11 » Battle of Vienna: Coalition forces, including the famous winged Hussars, led by Polish King John III Sobieski lift the siege laid by Ottoman forces.
    • September 12 » Austro-Ottoman War: Battle of Vienna: Several European armies join forces to defeat the Ottoman Empire.
    • September 17 » Antonie van Leeuwenhoek writes a letter to the Royal Society describing "animalcules".
    • October 3 » Qing dynasty naval commander Shi Lang receives the surrender of the Tungning kingdom on Taiwan after the Battle of Penghu.
    • October 6 » Immigrant families found Germantown, Pennsylvania in the first major immigration of German people to America.

Day of marriage December 5, 1723

  • The temperature on December 5, 1723 was about 9.0 °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 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 death April 26, 1768

  • The temperature on April 26, 1768 was about 10.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: omtrent helder weerlicht. 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 1768: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 29 » Polish nobles form the Bar Confederation.
    • April 4 » In London, Philip Astley stages the first modern circus.
    • May 10 » Rioting occurs in London after John Wilkes is imprisoned for writing an article for The North Briton severely criticizing King George III.
    • August 26 » Captain James Cook sets sail from England on board HMSEndeavour.
    • November 5 » Treaty of Fort Stanwix, the purpose of which is to adjust the boundary line between Indian lands and white settlements set forth in the Royal Proclamation of 1763 in the Thirteen Colonies.
    • December 1 » The former slave ship Fredensborg sinks off Tromøya in Norway.


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