1747
Jan 16
| 1747 • Prince William IV of Orange becomes stadtholder of all the provinces of the United Provinces. |
1701
Dec 28
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birth of childMarten Pieterse Van Buren The picture is of a historical marker at his birthplace in a Kinderhook, which at the time was an isolated village of mostly Dutch descent. Martin Van Buren was the only president to speak English as a second language. His father was a farmer and owned an inn there. He had four full siblings, and three older half-siblings from his mother's first marriage. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1701 • In Japan, the young daimyo Asano Naganori is ordered to commit seppuku (ritual suicide). A group of 47 samurai of his service begin planning to avenge his death. |
1782
Dec 5
Age: 35y
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birth of childMartin Van Buren Kinderhook, Columbia, New York, USA ⇓ The picture is of a historical marker at his birthplace in a Kinderhook, which at the time was an isolated village of mostly Dutch descent. Martin Van Buren was the only president to speak English as a second language. His father was a farmer and owned an inn there. He had four full siblings, and three older half-siblings from his mother's first marriage. 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1782 • In Switzerland, Anna Göldi is sentenced to death for witchcraft (the last legal witchcraft sentence). |
1818
Feb 6
Age: 71y
| 1818 • Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is published anonymously in London. |