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Johannes was a resident of Claverack, NY during most of his life, though he died at Coxsackie, Greene County, NY where he appears to have been at some point after the Revolutionary War, of which he was an active participant. According to the testimony of his son Gloude, He was chairman of the Committee of Safety for the town of Claverack. He resided in a large brick house which was used as a fort during the war.
1728
May 30
birthClaverack, Columbia, New York, USA ⇓ Had a twin brother Cornelis, and also a sister Heltjye one year older born on the same day. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1728 • The Real y Pontificia Universidad de San Gerónimo de la Habana, the oldest university in Cuba, is founded in Havana. |
1728
May 30
| 1728 • At the Battle of Palkhed, Maratha Peshwa Baji Rao I defeats the Mughal Governor of Deccan, Nizam-ul-Mulk. |
1750
May 29
Age: 21y
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marriageChristyntje Le Maistre Claverack, Columbia, New York, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1750 • Ahmad Shah Bahadur's army, retreating from Persia, reportedly loses 18,000 men near what is present-day Herat, Afghanistan from cold in a single night. |
1754
Sep 27
Age: 26y
birth of childGloude Van Deusen |
| 1754 • Guatemalan Sergeant Major Melchor de Mencos y Varón departs the city of Santiago de los Caballeros de Guatemala with an infantry battalion to fight British pirates that are reportedly disembarking on the coasts of Petén (modern-day Belize) and sacking the nearby towns.[http://www.inforpressca.com/melchordemencos/historia.php Historia del Municipio de Melchor de Mencos, Petén.] |
1757
Dec 27
Age: 29y
birth of childCornelis Van Deusen |
| 1757 • Seven Years' War – Battle of Prague (1757): Frederick the Great defeats an Austrian army and begins to besiege the city. |
1759
Aug 15
Age: 31y
birth of childAriaentje Van Deusen |
| 1759 • Churton Town, the Orange County, North Carolina county seat laid out in 1754, is renamed Childsburgh in honor of North Carolina attorney general Thomas Child. It is later renamed Hillsborough in 1766. |
1761
Nov 14
Age: 33y
birth of childJohn Van Deusen |
| 1761 • Johann Heinrich Lambert found a proof that π is irrational. |
1764
Jul 12
Age: 36y
birth of childJacobus Van Deusen Claverack, Columbia, New York, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1764 • English scholar Edward Gibbon conceives the idea of writing The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire "as I sat musing amid the ruins of the Capitol". |
1770
Feb 3
Age: 41y
marriageMaritie Bronck 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1770 • Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774) – Battle of Kagul: Russian commander Pyotr Rumyantsev routs 150,000 Turks. |
1803
Age: 74y
birth of childJohn V Van Deusen |
| 1803 • Battle of Vertières: The Haitian army led by Jean-Jacques Dessalines defeats the army of Napoleon. |
1803
Oct 14
Age: 75y
| 1803 • The British begin the Second Anglo-Maratha War against Sindhia of Gwalior. |