♂ Johannes Van Deusen

1728 - 1803

 

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Johannes Van Deusen
Parents
Harriet Muller
Harriet Muller
1696 - 1772
Tobias Robertsen Van Deusen
Tobias R Van Deusen
1696 - 1781
Spouse
Children

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

birth


Claverack, Columbia, New York, USA ⇓
Had a twin brother Cornelis, and also a sister Heltjye one year older born on the same day.
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1728 August 14Vitus Bering sails northward from the Kamchatka Peninsula, through the Bering Strait, and round Cape Dezhnev.

1754


Sep 27
Age: 26y

birth of child


Gloude Van Deusen
1754 Horace Walpole, in a letter to Horace Mann, coins the word serendipity.

1757


Dec 27
Age: 29y

birth of child


Cornelis Van Deusen
1757 Seven Years' WarBattle of Prague (1757): Frederick the Great defeats an Austrian army and begins to besiege the city.

1759


Aug 15
Age: 31y

birth of child


Ariaentje Van Deusen
1759 Madame du Coudray publishes Abrégé de l'art des accouchements ("The Art of Obstetrics") and the French government authorizes her to carry her instruction "throughout the realm" and promises financial support.

1761


Nov 14
Age: 33y

birth of child


John Van Deusen

1764


Jul 12
Age: 36y
1764 Horace Walpole - The Castle of Otranto "a story, translated by William Marshal, Gent., from the original Italian of Onuphrio Muralto", the first Gothic novel

1770


Feb 3
Age: 41y
1770 Boston Massacre: Eleven Americans are shot, five fatally, by British troops in an event that helps start the American Revolutionary War five years later.

1803


Age: 74y

birth of child


John V Van Deusen
1803 • The convention of Artlenburg leads to the French occupation of Hanover (which had been ruled by the British king).

1803


Oct 14
Age: 75y

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