Dagosto/Dimirra/Weckerle/Kuhn Family Tree » Anna Maria Clippinger (1779-1864)

Birthday March 21, 1779

• The temperature on March 21, 1779 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: regen zeer betrokken hagel. 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 1779: Source: Wikipedia
  • May 13 » War of the Bavarian Succession: Russian and French mediators at the Congress of Teschen negotiate an end to the war. In the agreement Austria receives the part of its territory that was taken from it (the Innviertel).
  • June 1 » The court-martial for malfeasance of Benedict Arnold, a general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, begins.
  • June 24 » American Revolutionary War: The Great Siege of Gibraltar begins.
  • July 6 » Battle of Grenada: The French defeat British naval forces during the American Revolutionary War.
  • July 16 » American Revolutionary War: Light infantry of the Continental Army seize a fortified British Army position in a midnight bayonet attack at the Battle of Stony Point.
  • September 28 » American Revolution: Samuel Huntington is elected President of the Continental Congress, succeeding John Jay.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1752 » Mary Dixon Kies, American inventor († 1837)
• 1763 » Jean Paul, German journalist and author († 1825)
• 1768 » Joseph Fourier, French mathematician and physicist († 1830)
• 1806 » Benito Juárez, Mexican lawyer and politician, 25th President of Mexico († 1872)
• 1811 » Nathaniel Woodard, English priest and educator († 1891)
• 1825 » Alexander Mozhaysky, Russian soldier and engineer († 1890)