What Happened in October 1712

Historical Events

Warrant for Rob Roy's Arrest

Oct 3 The Duke of Montrose issues a warrant for the arrest of Rob Roy MacGregor

Oct 4 Utrecht banishes poor Jews
Oct 8 French privateer Jacques Cassard seen on Suriname coast

Events in 1712

Famous Birthdays

Oct 5 Francesco Guardi, Italian painter, born in Venice (d. 1793)
Oct 12 William Shippen, American physician and delegate to the Continental Congress, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1801)

George Grenville (1712-1770)

Oct 14 British Prime Minister (1763-65) who introduced the Stamp Act (1st international tax to the colonies in America), born in Wotton Underwood, Buckinghamshire, England

Oct 18 Jeremias van Riemsdijk, Dutch administrator (Governor-General of Dutch East Indies 1775-77), born in Utrecht, Dutch Republic (d. 1777)
Oct 21 Sir James Steuart, British economist (d. 1780)
Oct 30 Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, German painter, born in Weimar, Thuringia, Germany (d. 1774)

Born in 1712

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Famous People by Cause of Death

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