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Christening day September 19, 1762

• The temperature on September 19, 1762 was about 14.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest by south. Weather type: geheel 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)
• Regent Lodewijk Ernst (Hertog van Brunswijk-Wolfenbüttel) was from 1759 till 1766 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• In the year 1762: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 4 » Great Britain declares war on Spain, thus entering the Seven Years' War.
  • June 6 » In the Seven Years' War, British forces begin the Siege of Havana and temporarily capture the city.
  • July 9 » Catherine the Great becomes Empress of Russia following the coup against her husband, Peter III.
  • July 17 » Former emperor Peter III of Russia is murdered.
  • September 15 » Seven Years' War: Battle of Signal Hill.
  • October 6 » Seven Years' War: The British Capture Manila from Spain and occupy it.

Day of marriage October 3, 1780

• The temperature on October 3, 1780 was about 15.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: 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 1780: Source: Wikipedia
  • May 12 » American Revolutionary War: In the largest defeat of the Continental Army, Charleston, South Carolina is taken by British forces.
  • May 19 » New England's Dark Day, an unusual darkening of the day sky, was observed over the New England states and parts of Canada.
  • September 23 » American Revolution: British Major John André is arrested as a spy by American soldiers exposing Benedict Arnold's change of sides.
  • October 7 » American Revolutionary War: American militia defeat royalist irregulars led by British major Patrick Ferguson in South Carolina.
  • October 16 » The Great Hurricane of 1780 finishes after its sixth day, killing between 20,000 and 24,000 residents of the Lesser Antilles.
  • November 4 » The Rebellion of Túpac Amaru II against Spanish rule in the Viceroyalty of Peru begins.

Day of death November 2, 1790

• The temperature on November 2, 1790 was about 9.0 °C. There was 110 mm of rainWind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: betrokken regen. 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 1790: Source: Wikipedia
  • May 31 » Manuel Quimper explores the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
  • May 31 » The United States enacts its first copyright statute, the Copyright Act of 1790.
  • July 16 » The District of Columbia is established as the capital of the United States after signature of the Residence Act.
  • July 31 » The first U.S. patent is issued, to inventor Samuel Hopkins for a potash process.
  • September 25 » Four Great Anhui Troupes introduce Anhui opera to Beijing in honor of the Qianlong Emperor's eightieth birthday.
  • December 22 » The Turkish fortress of Izmail is stormed and captured by Alexander Suvorov and his Russian armies.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1716 » Engelbert Kaempfer, German botanist and physician (b. 1651)
• 1807 » Louis Auguste Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, French politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1730)
• 1834 » Maria Teresa Poniatowska, Polish noblewoman (b. 1760)
• 1846 » Esaias Tegnér, Swedish poet and bishop (b. 1782)
• 1852 » Pyotr Kotlyarevsky, Russian general (b. 1782)
• 1863 » Theodore Judah, American engineer (b. 1826)