Person report

02 Feb 2024

Petronelle Holst


Details

Namereports-female-deceased Petronelle Holstavatar-female
Age61
Born1673
Died1734
Parents

Relatives

ImageNameRelationship to current personAgeBirth dateBirth placeDeath dateDeath placeFirst marriage dateFirst marriage place
avatar-malereports-male-deceased Mathias Olesen Kappelhusband7016781748

World history

19 Sep 1676
During Bacon's Rebellion, Virginia settlers led by Nathaniel Bacon burned the colonial capital of Jamestown to the ground.

17 Mar 1677
Franco-Dutch War: France captured the town of Valenciennes in the Spanish Netherlands.

25 Jun 1678
Venetian mathematician Elena Cornaro Piscopia became the first woman to receive a Doctor of Philosophy degree.

07 Aug 1679
Le Griffon, a barque built by René-Robert de La Salle, began its journey to be the first sailing ship to navigate the upper Great Lakes.

21 Aug 1689
Jacobite risings: Jacobites supporting James VII of Scotland clashed with a regiment of Covenanters supporting William of Orange, in the streets of Dunkeld, Scotland.

22 Jul 1691
Williamite forces defeated the Jacobites at the Battle of Aughrim, the decisive battle of the Williamite War in Ireland.

05 Sep 1697
War of the Grand Alliance: A French warship captured York Factory, a trading post of the Hudson's Bay Company in present-day Manitoba, Canada.

22 Oct 1707
In one of the worst maritime disasters in the history of the British Isles, at least 1,400 sailors on four Royal Navy ships were lost in stormy weather off the Isles of Scilly.

16 Dec 1707
The last recorded eruption of Japan's Mount Fuji released some 800 million m3 of volcanic ash.

22 Oct 1727
George II and Caroline of Ansbach were crowned King and Queen of Great Britain.


Facts

FactDetailsDatePlaceAddressCauseResponsible agencyNotesCitations
Birth1673
Marriage
Death1734