West-Europese adel » Wilhelmina Adriana van Hogendorp (1694-1725)

Christening day November 19, 1694

• 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 1694: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 6 » The warrior queen Dandara, leader of the runaway slaves in Quilombo dos Palmares, Brazil, is captured and commits suicide rather than be returned to a life of slavery.
  • July 27 » A Royal charter is granted to the Bank of England.

Day of marriage May 22, 1721

• The temperature on May 22, 1721 was about 14.0 °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.

Day of death July 13, 1725

• The temperature on July 13, 1725 was about 15.0 °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 1725: Source: Wikipedia
  • May 21 » The Order of St. Alexander Nevsky is instituted in Russia by Empress Catherine I. It would later be discontinued and then reinstated by the Soviet government in 1942 as the Order of Alexander Nevsky.
  • September 5 » Wedding of Louis XV and Maria Leszczyńska.

Day of burial July 18, 1725

• The temperature on July 18, 1725 was about 15.0 °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 1725: Source: Wikipedia
  • May 21 » The Order of St. Alexander Nevsky is instituted in Russia by Empress Catherine I. It would later be discontinued and then reinstated by the Soviet government in 1942 as the Order of Alexander Nevsky.
  • September 5 » Wedding of Louis XV and Maria Leszczyńska.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1683 » Arthur Capell, 1st Earl of Essex, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1631)
• 1755 » Edward Braddock, Scottish general (b. 1695)
• 1762 » James Bradley, English priest and astronomer (b. 1693)
• 1789 » Victor de Riqueti, marquis de Mirabeau, French economist and academic (b. 1715)
• 1793 » Jean-Paul Marat, French physician and theorist (b. 1743)
• 1807 » Henry Benedict Stuart, Italian cardinal (b. 1725)