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Christening day March 26, 1763

• The temperature on March 26, 1763 was about 2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: regen hagel sneeuw zeer betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: ijs. 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)
• Regent Lodewijk Ernst (Hertog van Brunswijk-Wolfenbüttel) was from 1759 till 1766 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• In the year 1763: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 10 » French and Indian War: The Treaty of Paris ends the war and France cedes Quebec to Great Britain.
  • May 7 » Pontiac's War begins with Pontiac's attempt to seize Fort Detroit from the British.
  • May 9 » The Siege of Fort Detroit begins during Pontiac's War against British forces.
  • June 2 » Pontiac's Rebellion: At what is now Mackinaw City, Michigan, Chippewas capture Fort Michilimackinac by diverting the garrison's attention with a game of lacrosse, then chasing a ball into the fort.
  • September 1 » Catherine II of Russia endorses Ivan Betskoy's plans for a Foundling Home in Moscow.
  • September 14 » Seneca warriors defeat British forces at the Battle of Devil's Hole during Pontiac's War.

Day of marriage September 2, 1770

• The temperature on September 2, 1770 was about 16.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east by north. Weather type: omtrent helder. Special wheather fenomena: veel dauw. 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 1770: Source: Wikipedia
  • April 19 » Captain James Cook, still holding the rank of lieutenant, sights the eastern coast of what is now Australia.
  • April 19 » Marie Antoinette marries Louis XVI of France in a proxy wedding.
  • July 5 » The Battle of Chesma between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire begins.
  • July 7 » The Battle of Larga between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire takes place.
  • August 22 » James Cook names and lands on Possession Island, and claims the east coast of Australia for Britain as New South Wales.
  • November 14 » James Bruce discovers what he believes to be the source of the Nile.

Day of death April 14, 1812

• The temperature on April 14, 1812 was about 12.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
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  De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
• In the year 1812: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 27 » Poet Lord Byron gives his first address as a member of the House of Lords, in defense of Luddite violence against Industrialism in his home county of Nottinghamshire.
  • March 16 » The Siege of Badajoz begins: British and Portuguese forces besiege and defeat the French garrison during the Peninsular War.
  • June 4 » Following Louisiana's admittance as a U.S. state, the Louisiana Territory is renamed the Missouri Territory.
  • June 23 » War of 1812: Great Britain revokes the restrictions on American commerce, thus eliminating one of the chief reasons for going to war.
  • September 3 » Twenty-four settlers are killed in the Pigeon Roost Massacre in Indiana.
  • October 9 » War of 1812: In a naval engagement on Lake Erie, American forces capture two British ships: HMSDetroit and HMSCaledonia.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1740 » Lady Catherine Jones, English philanthropist (b.1672)
• 1759 » George Frideric Handel, German-English organist and composer (b. 1685)
• 1785 » William Whitehead, English poet and playwright (b. 1715)
• 1792 » Maximilian Hell, Slovak-Hungarian astronomer and priest (b. 1720)
• 1843 » Joseph Lanner, Austrian violinist and composer (b. 1801)
• 1864 » Charles Lot Church, American-Canadian politician (b. 1777)