Database Van Broekhoven » Margrita Duys (1782-????)

Birthday September 3, 1782

• The temperature on September 3, 1782 was about 12.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. 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 1782: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 15 » Superintendent of Finance Robert Morris addresses the U.S. Congress to recommend establishment of a national mint and decimal coinage.
  • March 16 » American Revolutionary War: Spanish troops capture the British-held island of Roatán.
  • April 19 » John Adams secures the Dutch Republic's recognition of the United States as an independent government. The house which he had purchased in The Hague, Netherlands becomes the first American embassy.
  • May 6 » Construction begins on the Grand Palace, the royal residence of the King of Siam in Bangkok, at the command of King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke.
  • June 20 » The U.S. Congress adopts the Great Seal of the United States.
  • November 30 » American Revolutionary War: Treaty of Paris: In Paris, representatives from the United States and Great Britain sign preliminary peace articles (later formalized as the 1783 Treaty of Paris).

Source: Wikipedia

• 1781 » Eugène de Beauharnais, French general and politician († 1824)
• 1803 » Prudence Crandall, American educator († 1890)
• 1810 » Paul Kane, Irish-Canadian painter († 1871)
• 1811 » John Humphrey Noyes, American activist, founded the Oneida Community († 1886)
• 1814 » James Joseph Sylvester, English mathematician and academic († 1897)
• 1820 » George Hearst, American businessman and politician († 1891)