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Household of Jacob Sytses de Vries
Notes about Jacob Sytses de Vries
Leeuwarderadeel, dopen, geboortejaar 1775, doopjaar 1775 Dopeling: Jacob Geboren op 8 september 1775 Gedoopt op 24 september 1775 in Stiens Kind van Sytse Eintes en Nieske Jacobs
Gestandaardiseerde namen (voornaam en patroniem): Dopeling : JAKOB of JAKOBJE Vader : SIETSE EINTES Moeder : NIESKE JAKOBS
Bron: Collectie Doop-, Trouw-, Begraaf- en Lidmaatboeken (DTBL) Herv. gem. Stiens, doop 1619-1811 Inventarisnr. : DTB 476 Op microfiche beschikbaar op studiezaal Tresoar
The temperature on September 8, 1775 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken omtrent helder weerlicht. Source: KNMI
February 9 » American Revolutionary War: The British Parliament declares Massachusetts in rebellion.
May 10 » American Revolutionary War: The Second Continental Congress takes place in Philadelphia.
July 5 » The Second Continental Congress adopts the Olive Branch Petition.
July 27 » Founding of the U.S. Army Medical Department: The Second Continental Congress passes legislation establishing "an hospital for an army consisting of 20,000 men."
August 23 » American Revolutionary War: King George III delivers his Proclamation of Rebellion to the Court of St James's stating that the American colonies have proceeded to a state of open and avowed rebellion.
October 18 » African-American poet Phillis Wheatley is freed from slavery.
Christening day September 24, 1775
The temperature on September 24, 1775 was about 15.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: helder. Source: KNMI
April 14 » The first abolition society in North America is established. The Society for the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully Held in Bondage is organized in Philadelphia by Benjamin Franklin and Benjamin Rush.
May 31 » American Revolution: The Mecklenburg Resolves are adopted in the Province of North Carolina.
July 5 » The Second Continental Congress adopts the Olive Branch Petition.
September 25 » American Revolution: Benedict Arnold's expedition to Quebec sets off.
October 13 » The Continental Congress establishes the Continental Navy (predecessor of the United States Navy).
October 18 » African-American poet Phillis Wheatley is freed from slavery.
Day of death May 24, 1778
The temperature on May 24, 1778 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
January 18 » James Cook is the first known European to discover the Hawaiian Islands, which he names the "Sandwich Islands".
February 6 » New York became the third state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
February 9 » Rhode Island becomes the fourth US state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
August 26 » The first recorded ascent of Triglav, the highest mountain in Slovenia.
September 7 » American Revolutionary War: France invades Dominica in the British West Indies, before Britain is even aware of France's involvement in the war.
September 19 » The Continental Congress passes the first United States federal budget.
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