Die Wittgensteiner Familiendatei » Maria Feisel (1737-1781)

Day of marriage March 22, 1757

• The temperature on March 22, 1757 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west by south. 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)
• Regentes Anna (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1759 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• In the year 1757: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 16 » Forces of the Maratha Empire defeat a 5,000-strong army of the Durrani Empire in the Battle of Narela.
  • March 14 » Admiral Sir John Byng is executed by firing squad aboard HMSMonarch for breach of the Articles of War.
  • May 6 » Battle of Prague: A Prussian army fights an Austrian army in Prague during the Seven Years' War.
  • June 18 » Battle of Kolín between Prussian forces under Frederick the Great and an Austrian army under the command of Field Marshal Count Leopold Joseph von Daun in the Seven Years' War.
  • December 5 » Seven Years' War: Battle of Leuthen: Frederick II of Prussia leads Prussian forces to a decisive victory over Austrian forces under Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine.
  • December 31 » Empress Elizabeth I of Russia issues her ukase incorporating Königsberg into Russia.

Day of death December 16, 1781

• The temperature on December 16, 1781 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west. 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 1781: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 1 » American Revolutionary War: One thousand five hundred soldiers of the 6th Pennsylvania Regiment under General Anthony Wayne's command rebel against the Continental Army's winter camp in Morristown, New Jersey in the Pennsylvania Line Mutiny of 1781.
  • January 6 » In the Battle of Jersey, the British defeat the last attempt by France to invade Jersey in the Channel Islands.
  • March 1 » The Articles of Confederation goes into effect in the United States.
  • August 24 » American Revolutionary War: A small force of Pennsylvania militia is ambushed and overwhelmed by an American Indian group, which forces George Rogers Clark to abandon his attempt to attack Detroit.
  • September 4 » Los Angeles is founded as El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora La Reina de los Ángeles (The Village of Our Lady, the Queen of the Angels) by 44 Spanish settlers.
  • September 5 » Battle of the Chesapeake in the American Revolutionary War: The British Navy is repelled by the French Navy, contributing to the British surrender at Yorktown.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1751 » Leopold II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (b. 1700)
• 1774 » François Quesnay, French economist, physician, and philosopher (b. 1694)
• 1783 » Johann Adolph Hasse, German composer and educator (b. 1699)
• 1783 » Sir William James, 1st Baronet, Welsh-English commander and politician (b. 1720)
• 1805 » Saverio Cassar, Gozitan priest and rebel leader (b. 1746)
• 1809 » Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy, French chemist and entomologist (b. 1755)