Genealogy De Vos-Verschuur » Jan van Gooswilligen (1770-????)

Birthday February 4, 1770

• The temperature on February 4, 1770 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: donker zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
• Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• In the year 1770: Source: Wikipedia
  • March 5 » Boston Massacre: Five Americans, including Crispus Attucks, are fatally shot by British troops in an event that would contribute to the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War (also known as the American War of Independence) five years later.
  • April 19 » Captain James Cook, still holding the rank of lieutenant, sights the eastern coast of what is now Australia.
  • April 20 » The Georgian king, Erekle II, abandoned by his Russian ally Count Totleben, wins a victory over Ottoman forces at Aspindza.
  • June 19 » New Church Day: Emanuel Swedenborg writes: "The Lord sent forth His twelve disciples, who followed Him in the world into the whole spiritual world to preach the Gospel that the Lord God Jesus Christ reign. This took place on the 19th day of June, in the year 1770."
  • July 7 » The Battle of Larga between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire takes place.
  • August 21 » James Cook formally claims eastern Australia for Great Britain, naming it New South Wales.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1725 » Dru Drury, English entomologist and author († 1804)
• 1740 » Carl Michael Bellman, Swedish poet and composer († 1795)
• 1778 » Augustin Pyramus de Candolle, Swiss botanist, mycologist, and academic († 1841)
• 1799 » Almeida Garrett, Portuguese journalist and author († 1854)
• 1818 » Emperor Norton, San Francisco eccentric and visionary († 1880)
• 1831 » Oliver Ames, American financier and politician, 35th Governor of Massachusetts († 1895)