Arbre de Didier Van Lerberghe » Elisabeth van ACKERE (± 1680-1759)

Day of death June 7, 1759

• The temperature on June 7, 1759 was about 19.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: omtrent helder. 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 1759: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 15 » The British Museum opens to the public.
  • July 25 » French and Indian War: In Western New York, British forces capture Fort Niagara from the French, who subsequently abandon Fort Rouillé.
  • August 1 » Seven Years' War: The Battle of Minden, an allied Anglo-German army victory over the French. In Britain this was one of a number of events that constituted the Annus Mirabilis of 1759 and is celebrated as Minden Day by certain British Army regiments.
  • August 19 » Battle of Lagos Naval battle during the Seven Years' War between Great Britain and France.
  • September 13 » Battle of the Plains of Abraham: the British defeat the French near Quebec City in the Seven Years' War, known in the United States as the French and Indian War.
  • December 31 » Arthur Guinness signs a 9,000 year lease at £45 per annum and starts brewing Guinness.

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)