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Historical Events
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1598-05-01 - Jacob van Necks merchant fleet departs for Java
1598-11-26 - Jacob of Necks merchant fleet reaches Bantam West-Java
1599-07-19 - Jacob van Necks merchant fleet leaves Java
1613-01-24 - Amsterdams merchant Hans Bontemantel baptized
1614-10-11 - Adriaen Block and 12 Amsterdam merchants petition the States General for exclusive trading rights in the New Netherland colony.
1649-06-01 - Czar Aleksei throws out English merchants from Moscow
1666-08-09 - Rear Admiral Robert Holmes leads a raid on the Dutch island of Terschelling, destroying 150 merchant ships in the Vlie estuary, and pillaging the town of West-Terschelling, an act later known as "Holmes's Bonfire".
1771-10-09 - The Dutch merchant ship Vrouw Maria sinks near the coast of Finland.
1779-12-31 - English fleet beat Dutch Merchant vessels
1792-05-17 - 24 merchants form NY Stock Exchange at 70 Wall Street
1804-04-02 - Forty merchantmen are wrecked when a convoy led by HMS Apollo runs aground off Portugal.
1853-09-11 - 1st electric telegraph used (Merchant's Exchange to Pt Lobos)
1859-10-25 - Merchant vessel Royal Charter runs aground at Liverpool, 459 die
1872-06-18 - Woman's Suffrage Convention held at Merchantile Liberty Hall
1903-05-27 - Queen Wilhelmina opens Berlages Merchants bureau in Amsterdam
1915-03-15 - Neth merchant ship Tubantia torpedoed & sinks in North Sea
1915-03-25 - German U boat torpedoes Neth merchant ship Medea
1915-04-14 - Dutch merchant navy ship Katwijk sunk by Germany torpedo
1917-01-31 - Germany notifies US that U-boats will attack neutral merchant ship
1928-05-22 - US Congress accept Jones-White Merchant Naval Act
1933-07-20 - Germany: Two-hundred Jewish merchants are arrested in Nuremberg and paraded through the streets.
1940-02-14 - British merchant vessel fleet is armed
1940-09-29 - 1st US merchant ship "Booker T Washington" commanded by a black captain (Hugh Mulzac), launched at Wilmington Delaware
1942-04-11 - Distinguished Service Medal for Merchant Marines authorized
1959-07-21 - 1st nuclear powered merchant ship, NS Savannah, christened, Camden NJ
1975-05-12 - US merchant ship Mayaguez seized by Cambodian forces
1976-12-15 - Argo Merchant tanker off Massachusetts' SE coast, spills 7.6 m gallons of crude when ship ran aground
Famous Birthdays
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1459-03-06 - Jacob Fugger, German banker/merchant
1502-01-10 - Hendrik Niclaes, German/Dutch merchant/cult leader (Children of God)
1515-07-21 - St Philippus Nerius, [Philippo Neri], Italian merchant/priest
1535-07-09 - Emanuel van Meteren, Southern Neth, merchant/historian
1549-03-11 - Hendrik L Spieghel, Dutch merchant/writer
1549-12-01 - Johan van der Veeken, merchant/co-founder (VOC)
1636-11-02 - Edward Colston, English merchant and philanthropist (d. 1721)
1655-06-26 - Jean Deutz, merchant/Amsterdam regent
1660-02-15 - Frans Anneessens, Belgian merchant/dean of artisans
1679-03-18 - Matthew Decker, English merchant and writer (d. 1759)
1693-02-04 - George Lillo, bourgeois English dramatist (London Merchant)
1697-09-06 - Willem Gideon Deutz, Amsterdam regent/banker/merchant
1701-03-18 - Niclas Sahlgren, Swedish merchant and philanthropist (d. 1776)
1702-03-25 - Pieter Teyler Van der Hulst, Dutch silk merchant (Teyler's Museum)
1709-10-25 - John Wagenaar, Amsterdam merchant/historian, baptised
1716-01-15 - Philip Livingston, merchant (signed Declaration of Independence)
1719-01-17 - William Vernon, American merchant (d. 1806)
1729-05-25 - Jean de Neufville, Dutch/US merchant (started 4th English war)
1730-01-14 - William Whipple, merchant/judge (Declaration of Independence signer)
1730-01-23 - Joseph Hewes, US merchant (Declaration of Independence signer)
1731-04-08 - William Williams, US merchant (signed Decl of Independence)
1734-01-31 - Robert Morris, merchant (signed Declaration of Independence)
1738-12-26 - Thomas Nelson, merchant, signer of Declaration of Independence
1739-03-16 - George Clymer, US merchant (signed Decl of Ind, Constitution)
1740-04-18 - Francis Baring, banker/merchant
1756-11-04 - Anthony van Hoboken, Rotterdam merchant/ship owner
1759-01-17 - Paul Cuffe, Mass, merchant/shipbuilder/black nationalist
1795-01-15 - Willem de Clerq, Dutch merchant/man of letters
1795-02-18 - George Peabody, South Danvers Mass, merchant/philanthropist
1801-02-07 - John Rylands, England, merchant/philanthropist
1812-04-26 - Alfred Krupp, German arms merchant
1813-04-14 - Junius S Morgan, US, merchant/philanthropist (Metro Museum of Art)
1813-12-10 - Zachariah Chandler, US, merchant/politician (found Republican Party)
1838-07-11 - John Wanamaker, merchant (Wanamakers Dept Store)
1840-08-28 - Alexander Cameron Sim, Scottish merchant (d. 1900)
1845-05-07 - Jacob van Stolk Azn, timber merchant/art collector
1849-10-06 - Basil Zaharoff, arms dealer, "merchant of death"
1853-07-05 - Cecil John Rhodes, South Africa, politician/diamond merchant
1860-09-03 - Edward Albert Filene, merchant, established US credit union movement
1867-07-31 - Sebastian S. Kresge, American merchant and philanthropist (d. 1966)
1871-09-21 - Ernst Heldring, Dutch merchant/ship owner/financier
1872-03-11 - Abraham van Stolk Jzn, lumber merchant/art collector
1874-12-04 - Jean H L Bossard, actor/impresario (Merchant of Venice)
1901-03-02 - Willem Bruynzeel, Dutch timber-merchant
1919-10-03 - Boyd Bradfield Upchurch, [John Boyd], US, sci-fi author (IQ Merchant)
1930-10-24 - Raj Bagri, Indies/British merchant in metal
1933-04-22 - Robin Hutton, merchant banker
1938-09-29 - Henry Keswick, British financier/merchant (Hong Kong)
1942-05-20 - Simon Keswick, British financier/merchant (Hong Kong)
Famous Deaths
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0634-08-22 - Abd Allah Abu Bekr, Arabic merchant/1st kalief of Islam, dies
1358-07-31 - Etienne Marcel, French textile merchant/reformer/Boer leader, dies
1456-11-25 - Jacques Coeur, French merchant/banker, dies in battle
1517-01-01 - Hermann Vischer, the Younger, German bronze merchant, dies
1525-12-30 - Jacob Fugger, German banker/merchant, dies at 66
1559-03-14 - Jacques d'Auchy, Walloon baptist merchant, executed
1579-11-21 - Thomas Gresham, English merchant and financier
1588-02-10 - Joost Sybrantsz Buyck, Amsterdam merchant/regent, dies at about 82
1595-05-26 - Philippus Nerius, [Filippo Neri], Italian merchant/saint, dies at 79
1612-01-04 - Henry L Spieghel, Dutch merchant/writer, dies at 62
1612-04-18 - Emanuel Van Meteren, merchant/historian, dies
1616-08-26 - Johan van de Veeken, merchant/co-founder (VOC), dies at 66
1626-01-01 - Cornelis Pieterse Hoft, Amsterdam merchant/regent, dies at 68
1629-09-21 - John Pieterszoon Coen, merchant/gov-gen of East-Indies, dies at 42
1637-08-13 - Dirck J Bas, Dutch merchant/regent/govt leader (OIC), dies
1640-12-06 - Matthijs Elsevier, Flemish/Dutch book publisher/merchant, dies at 75
1645-08-06 - Lionel Cranfield, 1st Earl of Middlesex, English merchant (b. 1575)
1652-06-24 - Andries Bicker, merchant/Amsterdam regent, dies at 65
1652-09-17 - Bonaventura Elsevier, book publisher/merchant, dies at about 69
1653-05-10 - John Bicker, ship builder/merchant/regent, dies at 61
1654-09-15 - Cornelis Bicker, merchant/mayor of Amsterdam, dies at 61
1660-02-15 - Klaas Geritsz Compaen, Dutch buccaneer/merchant, dies at 72
1688-06-08 - Hans Bontemantel, Amsterdams merchant, buried
1704-01-21 - Willem B Schepers, Dutch merchant/ship owner, dies at about 83
1708-09-06 - Sir John Morden, English merchant and philanthropist (b. 1623)
1719-09-19 - Frans Anneessens, Belgian merchant/lord of the manor, executed at 59
1719-11-19 - Jean Deutz, minster of Heemskerk/merchant/Amsterdam regent, dies at 64
1721-10-11 - Edward Colston, English merchant and philanthropist (b. 1636)
1722-04-22 - Pieter Erberfeld, German/Thais merchant on Java, dies
1747-02-01 - Jacobus E J Capitein, Dutch slave/vicar/merchant, dies
1753-07-17 - Andre-Joseph Panckoucke, French book publisher/merchant, dies
1757-06-27 - Willem Gideon Deutz, Amsterdam regent/banker/merchant, dies at 59
1765-11-30 - George Glas, British merchant and adventurer (b. 1725)
1776-03-10 - Niclas Sahlgren, Swedish merchant and philanthropist (b. 1701)
1778-06-12 - Philip Livingston, US merchant (signed Decl of Indep), dies at 62
1779-11-10 - Joseph Hewes, US merchant/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 49
1785-11-28 - William Whipple, merchant/judge/signer (Decl of Independ), dies at 55
1786-09-05 - Jonas Hanway, English merchant, traveler, and philanthropist (b. 1712)
1787-08-13 - Isaac de Pinto, merchant/lender/Dutch States-general, dies
1793-10-08 - John Hancock, US merchant/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 56
1797-11-18 - Jacques-Alexandre Laffon de Ladebat, French shipbuilder and merchant (b. 1719)
1800-04-18 - Pieter Fouquet, art merchant (Atlas of Fouquet), dies
1802-12-31 - Francis Lewis, Welsh/US merchant/signer (Decl of Ind), dies at 89
1806-12-22 - William Vernon, American merchant (b. 1719)
1811-08-02 - William Williams, US merchant/signer (Decl of Indep), dies at 80
1813-01-23 - George Clymer, US merchant (signed Decl of Independence), dies at 73
1814-11-23 - Elbridge Gerry, US merchant/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 70
1844-02-04 - Willem de Clerq, Dutch merchant/literary, dies at 49
1850-01-14 - Anthony van Hoboken, Rotterdam merchant/ship owner, dies at 93
1891-11-10 - JN Arthur Rimbaud, poet/arms merchant (Saison en Enfer), dies at 37
1905-02-20 - Jeremiah W. Farnham, American merchant captain
1905-06-13 - Tippo-Tip, [Hamed ben Mohammed], Zanzibar merchant, dies at about 67
1917-07-12 - Fournier, Swiss/French postage stamp merchant/forger, dies
1931-10-02 - Thomas Johnstone Lipton, sportsman/merchant, dies
1940-03-10 - Louis de Vries, Dutch actor (Merchant of Venice), dies at 68
1947-01-09 - Lambertus Zijl, sculptor (Merchant Exchange-Amsterdam), dies at 80
1954-04-29 - Ernst Heldring, Dutch merchant/ship owner/financier, dies at 82
1966-10-18 - Sebastian S. Kresge, American merchant (Kmart) (b. 1867)
