Database Van Broekhoven » Petrus van Gils (1788-????)

Birthday July 23, 1788

• The temperature on July 23, 1788 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. 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 1788: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 1 » First edition of The Times of London, previously The Daily Universal Register, is published.
  • January 20 » The third and main part of First Fleet arrives at Botany Bay. Arthur Phillip decides that Port Jackson is a more suitable location for a colony.
  • April 7 » American pioneers to the Northwest Territory establish Marietta, Ohio as the first permanent American settlement in the Northwest Territory.
  • July 26 » New York ratifies the United States Constitution and becomes the 11th state of the United States.
  • September 13 » The Philadelphia Convention sets the date for the first presidential election in the United States, and New York City becomes the country's temporary capital.
  • December 22 » Nguyễn Huệ proclaims himself Emperor Quang Trung, in effect abolishing on his own the Lê dynasty.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1773 » Thomas Brisbane, Scottish general and politician, 6th Governor of New South Wales († 1860)
• 1775 » Étienne-Louis Malus, French physicist and mathematician († 1812)
• 1777 » Philipp Otto Runge, German painter and illustrator († 1810)
• 1796 » Franz Berwald, Swedish surgeon and composer († 1868)
• 1802 » Manuel María Lombardini, Mexican general and president (1853) († 1853)
• 1823 » Alexandre-Antonin Taché, Canadian archbishop and missionary († 1894)