Elizabeth Percy, Duchess of Somerset (26 January 1667–23 November 1722) was born Lady Elizabeth Percy, the daughter of the 5th and 11th Earl of Northumberland. January 26 is the 26th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... // Events January 20 - Poland cedes Kyiv, Smolensk, and eastern Ukraine to Russia in the Treaty of Andrusovo that put a final end to the Deluge, and Poland lost its status as a Central European power. ... November 23 is the 327th day of the year (328th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 38 days remaining. ... // Events Abraham De Moivre states De Moivres theorem connecting trigonometric functions and complex numbers Publication of the first book of Bachs Well-Tempered Clavier Fall of Persias Safavid dynasty during a bloody revolt of the Afghani people. ...

She married firstly, Henry Cavendish, Earl of Ogle, the eldest son of the 2nd Duke of Newcastle on 27 March 1679, but he died a year later. She married secondly, Thomas Thynne (a relative of the 1st Viscount Weymouth), on 15 November 1681, but he also died a year later. She married thirdly, the 6th Duke of Somerset, whereupon Elizabeth became Duchess of Somerset, on 30 May 1682. She was Mistress of the Robes to Queen Anne from 1710 to 1714. Henry Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Newcastle KG PC (24 June 1630–26 July 1691) was the only son of the William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle and his wife Elizabeth Basset. ... March 27 is the 86th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (87th in leap years). ... Events January 24 - King Charles II of England disbands Parliament August 7 - The brigantine Le Griffon, which was commissioned by René Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, is towed to the southern end of the Niagara River, to become the first ship to sail the upper Great Lakes. ... Thomas Thynne, 1st Viscount Weymouth (1640 – 28 July 1714) was descended from Sir John Thynne of Longleat House. ... November 15 is the 319th day of the year (320th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 46 days remaining. ... Events March 4 - Charles II of England grants a land charter to William Penn for the area that will later become Pennsylvania. ... Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset (13 August 1662 - December 2, 1748), succeeded his brother Francis, the 5th Duke, when the latter was shot in 1678 at the age of twenty, by a Genoese gentleman, named Horatio Botti, whose wife Somerset was said to have insulted at Lerici. ... May 30 is the 150th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (151st in leap years). ... Events March 11 – Chelsea hospital for soldiers is founded in England May 6 - Louis XIV of France moves his court to Versailles. ... The Mistress of the Robes is the senior lady of the British Royal Household. ... Anne (6 February 1665 – 1 August 1714) became Queen of England and Ireland and Queen of Scots on 8 March 1702. ... // Events April 10 - The worlds first copyright legislation became effective, Britains Statute of Anne Ongoing events Great Northern War (1700-1721) War of the Spanish Succession (1702-1713) Births January 3 - Richard Gridley, American Revolutionary soldier (d. ... Battle of Gangut, by Maurice Baquoi, 1724-27. ...