Family tree Meijs » Servatius Meijs (1698-1769)

Day of marriage June 19, 1758

• The temperature on June 19, 1758 was about 14.0 °C. There was 2 mm of rainWind direction mainly west-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)
• Regentes Anna (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1759 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• In the year 1758: Source: Wikipedia
  • May 21 » Ten-year-old Mary Campbell is abducted in Pennsylvania by Lenape during the French and Indian War. She is returned six and a half years later.
  • June 23 » Seven Years' War: Battle of Krefeld: British, Hanoverian, and Prussian forces defeat French troops at Krefeld in Germany.
  • June 30 » Seven Years' War: Habsburg Austrian forces destroy a Prussian reinforcement and supply convoy in the Battle of Domstadtl, helping to expel Prussian King Frederick the Great from Moravia.
  • July 8 » French forces hold Fort Carillon against the British at Ticonderoga, New York.
  • August 29 » The Treaty of Easton establishes the first American Indian reservation, at Indian Mills, New Jersey, for the Lenape.
  • November 25 » French and Indian War: British forces capture Fort Duquesne from French control. Later, Fort Pitt will be built nearby and grow into modern Pittsburgh.

Day of death October 4, 1769

• The temperature on October 4, 1769 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: dauw. 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 1769: Source: Wikipedia
  • July 14 » An expedition led by Gaspar de Portolá leaves its base in California and sets out to find the Port of Monterey (now Monterey, California).
  • July 16 » Father Junípero Serra founds California's first mission, Mission San Diego de Alcalá. Over the following decades, it evolves into the city of San Diego, California.
  • December 13 » Dartmouth College is founded by the Reverend Eleazar Wheelock, with a royal charter from King George III, on land donated by Royal governor John Wentworth.
  • December 22 » Sino-Burmese War: The war ends with an uneasy truce.

Day of burial October 6, 1769

• The temperature on October 6, 1769 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-southeast. Weather type: donker. Special wheather fenomena: droog. 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 1769: Source: Wikipedia
  • July 14 » An expedition led by Gaspar de Portolá leaves its base in California and sets out to find the Port of Monterey (now Monterey, California).
  • July 16 » Father Junípero Serra founds California's first mission, Mission San Diego de Alcalá. Over the following decades, it evolves into the city of San Diego, California.
  • December 13 » Dartmouth College is founded by the Reverend Eleazar Wheelock, with a royal charter from King George III, on land donated by Royal governor John Wentworth.
  • December 22 » Sino-Burmese War: The war ends with an uneasy truce.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1743 » John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll, Scottish commander and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Surrey (b. 1678)
• 1749 » Baron Franz von der Trenck, Austrian soldier (b. 1711)
• 1821 » John Rennie the Elder, Scottish engineer, designed the Waterloo Bridge (b. 1761)
• 1827 » Grigorios Zalykis, Greek-French lexicographer and scholar (b. 1785)
• 1851 » Manuel Godoy, Spanish general and politician, Prime Minister of Spain (b. 1767)
• 1852 » James Whitcomb, American lawyer and politician, 8th Governor of Indiana (b. 1795)