Conk/Robillard Family Tree » Jacob H van Winkle (1789-1860)

Birthday February 20, 1789

• The temperature on February 20, 1789 was about 3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. 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 1789: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 30 » Tây Sơn forces emerge victorious against Qing armies and liberate the capital Thăng Long.
  • April 28 » Mutiny on the Bounty: Lieutenant William Bligh and 18 sailors are set adrift and the rebel crew returns to Tahiti briefly and then sets sail for Pitcairn Island.
  • May 5 » In France, the Estates-General convenes for the first time since 1614.
  • July 14 » Alexander Mackenzie finally completes his journey to the mouth of the great river he hoped would take him to the Pacific, but which turns out to flow into the Arctic Ocean. Later named after him, the Mackenzie is the second-longest river system in North America.
  • September 15 » The United States "Department of Foreign Affairs", established by law in July, is renamed the Department of State and given a variety of domestic duties.
  • September 25 » The United States Congress passes twelve constitutional amendments: the ten known as the Bill of Rights, the (unratified) Congressional Apportionment Amendment, and the Congressional Compensation Amendment.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1759 » Johann Christian Reil, German physician, physiologist, and anatomist († 1813)
• 1774 » Vicente Sebastián Pintado, Spanish cartographer, engineer, military officer and land surveyor of Spanish Louisiana and Spanish West Florida († 1829)
• 1784 » Judith Montefiore, British linguist, travel writer, philanthropist († 1862)
• 1792 » Eliza Courtney, French daughter of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire († 1859)
• 1794 » William Carleton, Irish author († 1869)
• 1802 » Charles Auguste de Bériot, Belgian violinist and composer († 1870)