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Household of Oepke Theunis
Notes about Oepke Theunis
Barradeel, dopen, geboortejaar 1782, doopjaar 1782 Dopeling: Oepke Geboren op 4 februari 1782 in Tzummarum Gedoopt op 17 maart 1782 in Tzummarum Kind van Teunis Oepkes en Sijtske Wijtses
Gestandaardiseerde namen (voornaam en patroniem): Dopeling : OEPKE of OEPKJE Vader : TEUNIS OEPKES Moeder : SIETSKE WIETSES
Bron: Collectie Doop-, Trouw-, Begraaf- en Lidmaatboeken (DTBL) Herv. gem. Tzummarum en Firdgum, doop 1772-1812 Inventarisnr. : 110 Op microfiche beschikbaar op studiezaal Tresoar
February 5 » Spanish defeat British forces and capture Menorca.
March 8 » Gnadenhutten massacre: Ninety-six Native Americans in Gnadenhutten, Ohio, who had converted to Christianity, are killed by Pennsylvania militiamen in retaliation for raids carried out by other Indian tribes.
March 27 » Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
August 7 » George Washington orders the creation of the Badge of Military Merit to honor soldiers wounded in battle. It is later renamed to the more poetic Purple Heart.
August 19 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of Blue Licks: The last major engagement of the war, almost ten months after the surrender of the British commander Charles Cornwallis following the Siege of Yorktown.
September 13 » American Revolutionary War: Franco-Spanish troops launch the unsuccessful "grand assault" during the Great Siege of Gibraltar.
Christening day March 17, 1782
The temperature on March 17, 1782 was about 0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
March 16 » American Revolutionary War: Spanish troops capture the British-held island of Roatán.
April 19 » John Adams secures the Dutch Republic's recognition of the United States as an independent government. The house which he had purchased in The Hague, Netherlands becomes the first American embassy.
June 20 » The U.S. Congress adopts the Great Seal of the United States.
July 1 » Raid on Lunenburg: American privateers attack the British settlement of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.
November 30 » American Revolutionary War: Treaty of Paris: In Paris, representatives from the United States and Great Britain sign preliminary peace articles (later formalized as the 1783 Treaty of Paris).
December 14 » The Montgolfier brothers first test fly an unmanned hot air balloon in France; it floats nearly 2km (1.2mi).
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