West-Europese adel » Lodewijk VIII Landgraaf van Hessen-Darmstadt (1691-1768)

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Household of Lodewijk VIII Landgraaf van Hessen-Darmstadt

He is married to Charlotte Christine Magdalena Johanna Prinses van Hanau-Lichtenberg.

They got married on April 5, 1717 at Slot Philipsruhe, k, he was 26 years old.


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Historical events

Birthday April 5, 1691

Day of marriage April 5, 1717

  • The temperature on April 5, 1717 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 1717: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 2 » The Loves of Mars and Venus is the first ballet performed in England.
    • March 31 » A sermon on "The Nature of the Kingdom of Christ" by Benjamin Hoadly, the Bishop of Bangor, preached in the presence of King George I of Great Britain, provokes the Bangorian Controversy.
    • July 17 » King George I of Great Britain sails down the River Thames with a barge of 50 musicians, where George Frideric Handel's Water Music is premiered.
    • August 17 » Austro-Turkish War of 1716–18: The month-long Siege of Belgrade ends with Prince Eugene of Savoy's Austrian troops capturing the city from the Ottoman Empire.
    • August 22 » Spanish troops land on Sardinia.
    • September 29 » An earthquake strikes Antigua Guatemala, destroying much of the city's architecture.

Day of death October 17, 1768

  • The temperature on October 17, 1768 was about 11.0 °C. There was 26 mm of rainWind direction mainly north west from. Weather type: omtrent helder regen. Special wheather fenomena: dauw. 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.
    • June 21 » James Otis Jr. offends the King and Parliament in a speech to the Massachusetts General Court.
    • 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 28 » King Taksin's coronation achieved through conquest as a king of Thailand and established Thonburi as a capital.


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