Wetherill via Brouwer » Amos Whitney (1705-1770)
Personal data Amos Whitney
Source 1- He was born on May 1, 1705 in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA.Source 1
- He died on October 31, 1770 in Townsend, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA, he was 65 years old.Source 1
- He is buried in Townsend, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA.Source 1
- A child of Jonathan Whitney and Sarah Hapgood
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- U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
Historical events
Birthday May 1, 1705
- 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 1705: Source: Wikipedia
- November 15 » Battle of Zsibó: Austrian-Danish victory over the Kurucs (Hungarians).
Day of death October 31, 1770
- The temperature on October 31, 1770 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: zeer betrokken omtrent helder. 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 1770: Source: Wikipedia
- April 20 » The Georgian king, Erekle II, abandoned by his Russian ally Count Totleben, wins a victory over Ottoman forces at Aspindza.
- April 29 » James Cook arrives in Australia at Botany Bay, which he names.
- June 11 » British explorer Captain James Cook runs aground on the Great Barrier Reef.
- July 1 » Lexell's Comet is seen closer to the Earth than any other comet in recorded history, approaching to a distance of 0.0146 astronomical units (2,180,000km; 1,360,000mi).
- August 21 » James Cook formally claims eastern Australia for Great Britain, naming it New South Wales.
- August 22 » James Cook names and lands on Possession Island, and claims the east coast of Australia for Britain as New South Wales.
Same birth/death day
- 1672 » Joseph Addison, English essayist, poet, playwright, and politician († 1719)
- 1730 » Joshua Rowley, English admiral († 1790)
- 1735 » Jan Hendrik van Kinsbergen, Dutch admiral and philanthropist († 1819)
- 1751 » Judith Sargent Murray, American poet and playwright († 1820)
- 1764 » Benjamin Henry Latrobe, English-American architect, designed the United States Capitol († 1820)
- 1769 » Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Irish-English field marshal and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1852)
- 1723 » Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1642)
- 1732 » Victor Amadeus II, Duke of Savoy (b. 1666)
- 1733 » Eberhard Louis, Duke of Württemberg (b. 1676)
- 1744 » Leonardo Leo, Italian composer (b. 1694)
- 1768 » Francesco Maria Veracini, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1690)
- 1806 » Kitagawa Utamaro, Japanese artist and printmaker (b. ca. 1753)
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