Conk/Robillard Family Tree » Santiago Landry (1743-1783)

Day of death December 29, 1783

• The temperature on December 29, 1783 was about -9.0 °C. 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)
• In the year 1783: Source: Wikipedia
  • April 18 » Three-Fifths Compromise: the first instance of black slaves in the United States of America being counted as three fifths of persons (for the purpose of taxation), in a resolution of the Congress of the Confederation. This was later adopted in the 1787 Constitution.
  • May 18 » First United Empire Loyalists reach Parrtown (later called Saint John, New Brunswick), Canada, after leaving the United States.
  • June 4 » The Montgolfier brothers publicly demonstrate their montgolfière (hot air balloon).
  • July 25 » American Revolutionary War: The war's last action, the Siege of Cuddalore, is ended by a preliminary peace agreement.
  • August 18 » A huge fireball meteor is seen across Great Britain as it passes over the east coast.
  • November 4 » Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Symphony No. 36 is performed for the first time in Linz, Austria.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1731 » Brook Taylor, English mathematician and theorist (b. 1685)
• 1737 » Joseph Saurin, French minister and mathematician (b. 1659)
• 1785 » Johan Herman Wessel, Norwegian-Danish poet and playwright (b. 1742)
• 1807 » Diogo de Carvalho e Sampayo, Portuguese diplomat and scientist (b. 1750)
• 1815 » Sarah Baartman, Khoikhoi woman (b. 1789)
• 1825 » Jacques-Louis David, French painter and illustrator (b. 1748)