Database Van Broekhoven » Andreas van Oorschot (1735-1787)

Day of marriage November 14, 1762

• The temperature on November 14, 1762 was about 3.0 °C. There was 26 mm of rainWind direction mainly north-northeast. Weather type: regen geheel 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)
• 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 1762: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 4 » Great Britain declares war on Spain, thus entering the Seven Years' War.
  • March 10 » French Huguenot Jean Calas, who had been wrongly convicted of killing his son, dies after being tortured by authorities; the event inspired Voltaire to begin a campaign for religious tolerance and legal reform.
  • May 22 » Sweden and Prussia sign the Treaty of Hamburg.
  • July 17 » Former emperor Peter III of Russia is murdered.
  • September 12 » The Sultanate of Sulu ceded Balambangan Island to the British East India Company
  • September 15 » Seven Years' War: Battle of Signal Hill.

Day of death June 6, 1787

• The temperature on June 6, 1787 was about 10.0 °C. There was 154 mm of rainWind direction mainly north. Weather type: betrokken regen. 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 1787: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 11 » William Herschel discovers Titania and Oberon, two moons of Uranus.
  • January 25 » Shays's Rebellion: The rebellion's largest confrontation, outside the Springfield Armory, results in the killing of four rebels and the wounding of twenty.
  • February 3 » Militia led by General Benjamin Lincoln crush the remnants of Shays' Rebellion in Petersham, Massachusetts.
  • May 13 » Captain Arthur Phillip leaves Portsmouth, England, with eleven ships full of convicts (the "First Fleet") to establish a penal colony in Australia.
  • September 28 » The Congress of the Confederation votes to send the newly-written United States Constitution to the state legislatures for approval.
  • October 1 » Russians under Alexander Suvorov defeat the Turks at Kinburn.

Day of burial June 8, 1787

• The temperature on June 8, 1787 was about 13.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: 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 1787: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 11 » William Herschel discovers Titania and Oberon, two moons of Uranus.
  • January 25 » Shays's Rebellion: The rebellion's largest confrontation, outside the Springfield Armory, results in the killing of four rebels and the wounding of twenty.
  • June 20 » Oliver Ellsworth moves at the Federal Convention to call the government the 'United States'.
  • September 17 » The United States Constitution is signed in Philadelphia.
  • September 28 » The Congress of the Confederation votes to send the newly-written United States Constitution to the state legislatures for approval.
  • December 18 » New Jersey becomes the third state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1740 » Alexander Spotswood, Moroccan-American colonial and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Virginia (b. 1676)
• 1784 » Joan van der Capellen tot den Pol, Dutch politician (b. 1741)
• 1799 » Patrick Henry, American lawyer and politician, 1st Governor of Virginia (b. 1736)
• 1813 » Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart, French architect, designed the Hôtel de Mademoiselle de Condé (b. 1739)
• 1813 » Antonio Cachia, Maltese architect, engineer and archaeologist (b. 1739)
• 1832 » Jeremy Bentham, English jurist and philosopher (b. 1748)