♂ 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 • At the Battle of Palkhed, Maratha Peshwa Baji Rao I defeats the Mughal Governor of Deccan, Nizam-ul-Mulk.

1754


Sep 27
Age: 26y

birth of child


Gloude 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 child


Cornelis Van Deusen
1757 Seven Years' War: Hungarian raiders plunder Berlin.

1759


Aug 15
Age: 31y

birth of child


Ariaentje Van Deusen
1759 Battle of Quiberon Bay: The British fleet of Sir Edward Hawke defeats a French fleet under Marshal de Conflans near the coast of Brittany. This is the decisive naval engagement of the Seven Years' War – after this, the French are no longer able to field a significant fleet.

1761


Nov 14
Age: 33y

birth of child


John Van Deusen
1761 Matthew Boulton's Soho Manufactory opens.

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

1803


Age: 74y

birth of child


John V Van Deusen
1803 • The first edition of Alexandre Balthazar Laurent Grimod de La Reynière's Almanach des gourmands, the first guide to restaurant cooking, is published in Paris.

1803


Oct 14
Age: 75y
1803 • At the Cabildo building in New Orleans, Spanish representatives Governor Manuel de Salcedo and the Marqués de Casa Calvo, officially transfer the Louisiana Territory to French representative Prefect Pierre Clément de Laussat (just 20 days later, France transfers the same land to the United States as the Louisiana Purchase).

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