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Day of marriage November 29, 1746

• The temperature on November 29, 1746 was about -2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southeast. Weather type: omtrent helder zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
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  Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• In the year 1746: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 8 » Second Jacobite rising: Bonnie Prince Charlie occupies Stirling.
  • April 16 » The Battle of Culloden is fought between the French-supported Jacobites and the British Hanoverian forces commanded by William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, in Scotland. After the battle many highland traditions were banned and the Highlands of Scotland were cleared of inhabitants.
  • June 16 » War of the Austrian Succession: Austria and Sardinia defeat a Franco-Spanish army at the Battle of Piacenza.
  • October 22 » The College of New Jersey (later renamed Princeton University) receives its charter.

Day of death April 18, 1776

• The temperature on April 18, 1776 was about 11.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west by south. Weather type: omtrent helder. Special wheather fenomena: noorderlicht. 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 1776: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 10 » American Revolution: Thomas Paine publishes his pamphlet Common Sense.
  • January 27 » American Revolutionary War: Henry Knox's "noble train of artillery" arrives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
  • March 9 » The Wealth of Nations by Scottish economist and philosopher Adam Smith is published.
  • March 17 » American Revolution: The British Army evacuates Boston, ending the Siege of Boston, after George Washington and Henry Knox place artillery in positions overlooking the city.
  • June 28 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Sullivan's Island ends with the American victory, leading to the commemoration of Carolina Day.
  • August 27 » Battle of Long Island: In what is now Brooklyn, New York, British forces under General William Howe defeat Americans under General George Washington.

Day of burial April 24, 1776

• The temperature on April 24, 1776 was about 14.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: 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 1776: Source: Wikipedia
  • March 17 » American Revolution: The British Army evacuates Boston, ending the Siege of Boston, after George Washington and Henry Knox place artillery in positions overlooking the city.
  • May 4 » Rhode Island becomes the first American colony to renounce allegiance to King George III.
  • June 11 » The Continental Congress appoints Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston to the Committee of Five to draft a declaration of independence.
  • August 31 » William Livingston, the first Governor of New Jersey, begins serving his first term.
  • September 7 » According to American colonial reports, Ezra Lee makes the world's first submarine attack in the Turtle, attempting to attach a time bomb to the hull of HMS Eagle in New York Harbor (no British records of this attack exist).
  • September 15 » American Revolutionary War: British forces land at Kip's Bay during the New York Campaign.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1732 » Louis Feuillée, French astronomer, geographer, and botanist (b. 1660)
• 1742 » Arvid Horn, Swedish general and politician (b. 1664)
• 1763 » Marie-Josephte Corriveau, Canadian murderer (b. 1733)
• 1794 » Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden, English lawyer, judge, and politician, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1714)
• 1796 » Johan Wilcke, Swedish physicist and academic (b. 1732)
• 1802 » Erasmus Darwin, English physician and botanist (b. 1731)