Database Van Broekhoven » Jacobus Voets (1770-????)

Birthday November 30, 1770

• The temperature on November 30, 1770 was about 1.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-southeast. Weather type: 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)
• In the year 1770: Source: Wikipedia
  • March 5 » Boston Massacre: Five Americans, including Crispus Attucks, are fatally shot by British troops in an event that would contribute to the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War (also known as the American War of Independence) five years later.
  • April 29 » James Cook arrives in Australia at Botany Bay, which he names.
  • May 16 » The 14-year-old Marie Antoinette marries 15-year-old Louis-Auguste, who later becomes king of France.
  • May 26 » The Orlov Revolt, an attempt to revolt against the Ottoman Empire before the Greek War of Independence, ends in disaster for the Greeks.
  • July 7 » The Battle of Larga between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire takes place.
  • August 21 » James Cook formally claims eastern Australia for Great Britain, naming it New South Wales.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1748 » Joachim Albertini, Italian-Polish composer († 1838)
• 1756 » Ernst Chladni, German physicist and author († 1827)
• 1764 » Franz Xaver Gerl, Austrian singer and composer († 1827)
• 1768 » Jędrzej Śniadecki, Polish physician, chemist, and biologist († 1838)
• 1781 » Alexander Berry, Scottish surgeon, merchant, and explorer († 1873)
• 1791 » Count Franz Philipp von Lamberg, Austrian field marshal and politician († 1848)