John Witherspoon, American founding father and minister, known for american founding father and minister, was born on 1723-02-05. John Witherspoon (February 5, 1723 – November 15, 1794) was a Scottish-American Presbyterian minister, educator, farmer, and a Founding Father of the United States. Witherspoon embraced the concepts of Scottish common sense realism, and while president of the College of New Jersey (1768–1794; now Princeton University) became an influential figure in the development of the United States' national character.
John Witherspoon is born
John Witherspoon, American founding father and minister, known for american founding father and minister, was born on 1723-02-05.
Historical Significance
John Witherspoon is American Founding Father and minister.
Key People
Events Before
Dutch navigator Jacob Roggeveen is the first European to discover Easter Island, also known as Rapa Nui, in the southeas
Dutch navigator Jacob Roggeveen is the first European to discover Easter Island, also known as Rapa Nui, in the southeastern Pacific Ocean
Edward Wigglesworth appointed 1st north American divinity professor (Harvard)
Edward Wigglesworth appointed 1st north American divinity professor (Harvard)
Afghan monarch Mir Mahmud occupies Persia
Afghan monarch Mir Mahmud occupies Persia
William IV Prince of Orange appointed mayor of Drente
William IV Prince of Orange appointed mayor of Drente
19 VOC "komplotteurs" in Batavia executed
19 VOC "komplotteurs" in Batavia executed
Events After
Spanish King Philip V abdicates the throne in favor of his 17-year-old son Louis I; he returns to rule in September afte
Spanish King Philip V abdicates the throne in favor of his 17-year-old son Louis I; he returns to rule in September after Louis dies of smallpox
Johann Sebastian Bach's "St John Passion" premieres on Good Friday at St. Nicholas Church in Leipzig, Electorate of Saxo
Johann Sebastian Bach's "St John Passion" premieres on Good Friday at St. Nicholas Church in Leipzig, Electorate of Saxony (now Germany)
Russia and Turkey sign Treaty of Constantinople
The Treaty of Constantinople Russo-Ottoman Treaty or Treaty of the Partition of Persia (Iran Mukasemenamesi) was a treaty concluded on 24 June 1724 between the Ottoman Empire and the Russian Empire,...
Cornelis Steenoven becomes the first archbishop of the Old Catholic Church in Utrecht, Netherlands
Cornelis Steenoven becomes the first archbishop of the Old Catholic Church in Utrecht, Netherlands
Tumult of Thorn - religious unrest is followed by the execution of nine Protestant citizens and the mayor of Thorn (Toru
Tumult of Thorn - religious unrest is followed by the execution of nine Protestant citizens and the mayor of Thorn (Toruń) by Polish authorities
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