♂ 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 Peter II succeeds Catherine I as Tsar of Russia.

1754


Sep 27
Age: 26y

birth of child


Gloude Van Deusen

1757


Dec 27
Age: 29y

birth of child


Cornelis Van Deusen
1757 Battle of Plassey: 3,000 troops serving with the British East India Company under Robert Clive defeat a 50,000 strong Indian army under Siraj ud-Daulah at Plassey in India.

1759


Aug 15
Age: 31y

birth of child


Ariaentje Van Deusen
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.

1770


Feb 3
Age: 41y
1770 Joseph Priestley, British chemist, recommends the use of a rubber to remove pencil marks.

1803


Age: 74y

birth of child


John V Van Deusen
1803 William Symington demonstrates his Charlotte Dundas, the "first practical steamboat", in Scotland.

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