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Day of marriage May 12, 1765

• The temperature on May 12, 1765 was about 15.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north west from. Weather type: betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: rijp. 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 1765: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 25 » Port Egmont, the first British settlement in the Falkland Islands near the southern tip of South America, is founded.
  • March 9 » After a campaign by the writer Voltaire, judges in Paris posthumously exonerate Jean Calas of murdering his son. Calas had been tortured and executed in 1762 on the charge, though his son may have actually committed suicide.
  • March 22 » The British Parliament passes the Stamp Act that introduces a tax to be levied directly on its American colonies.
  • March 24 » Great Britain passes the Quartering Act, which requires the Thirteen Colonies to house British troops.
  • August 12 » Treaty of Allahabad is signed. The Treaty marks the political and constitutional involvement and the beginning of Company rule in India.
  • November 1 » The British Parliament enacts the Stamp Act on the Thirteen Colonies in order to help pay for British military operations in North America.

Day of death June 7, 1776

• The temperature on June 7, 1776 was about 12.0 °C. There was 66 mm of rainWind direction mainly 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 1776: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 1 » General George Washington hoists the first United States flag; the Grand Union Flag at Prospect Hill.
  • June 28 » American Revolutionary War: Thomas Hickey, Continental Army private and bodyguard to General George Washington, is hanged for mutiny and sedition.
  • July 2 » American Revolution: The Continental Congress adopts a resolution severing ties with the Kingdom of Great Britain although the wording of the formal Declaration of Independence is not published until July 4.
  • September 10 » American Revolutionary War: Nathan Hale volunteers to spy for the Continental Army.
  • September 16 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Harlem Heights is fought.
  • December 25 » George Washington and the Continental Army cross the Delaware River at night to attack Hessian forces serving Great Britain at Trenton, New Jersey, the next day.

Day of burial June 13, 1776

• The temperature on June 13, 1776 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. 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 1776: Source: Wikipedia
  • June 7 » Richard Henry Lee presents the "Lee Resolution" to the Continental Congress. The motion is seconded by John Adams and will lead to the United States Declaration of Independence.
  • September 15 » American Revolutionary War: British forces land at Kip's Bay during the New York Campaign.
  • September 16 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Harlem Heights is fought.
  • October 28 » American Revolutionary War: British troops attack and capture Chatterton Hill from the Continental Army.
  • December 19 » Thomas Paine publishes one of a series of pamphlets in The Pennsylvania Journal entitled "The American Crisis".
  • December 26 » American Revolutionary War: In the Battle of Trenton, the Continental Army attacks and successfully defeats a garrison of Hessian forces.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1711 » Henry Dodwell, Irish scholar and theologian (b. 1641)
• 1779 » William Warburton, English bishop and critic (b. 1698)
• 1792 » Benjamin Tupper, American general and surveyor (b. 1738)
• 1810 » Luigi Schiavonetti, Italian engraver and etcher (b. 1765)
• 1826 » Joseph von Fraunhofer, German optician, physicist, and astronomer (b. 1787)
• 1840 » Frederick William III of Prussia (b. 1770)