Her name was originally Smidt, and her father came over from Germany. In the latter years of her life she became blind, and passed away at the home of her son Robert. Her and James had five children.
1740
| 1740 • 22 – Batavia massacre: Troops of the Dutch East India Company massacre 5,000–10,000 Chinese Indonesians in Batavia.[http://www.nationaalarchief.nl/amh/detail.aspx?page=dafb&lang=en&id=1897#tab0 image: Bird's eye view of Batavia showing the massacre of the Chinese] |
about
Age: 19y
1759
Age: 19y
marriageJames Van Deusen 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1759 • Battle of Kunersdorf: Frederick the Great is rebuffed in bloody assaults on the combined Austro–Russian army of Pyotr Saltykov and Ernst von Laudon. This is one of Frederick's greatest defeats. |
1762
Dec 25
Age: 23y
birth of childGrietje Margrieta Van Deusen 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1762 • French philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau publishes his famous books, The Social Contract and Émile, or On Education |