Family tree Dijkstra » Anna Magdalena Tille (1735-1780)

Day of marriage February 3, 1763

• The temperature on February 3, 1763 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-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)
• 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 1763: Source: Wikipedia
  • May 9 » The Siege of Fort Detroit begins during Pontiac's War against British forces.
  • June 2 » Pontiac's Rebellion: At what is now Mackinaw City, Michigan, Chippewas capture Fort Michilimackinac by diverting the garrison's attention with a game of lacrosse, then chasing a ball into the fort.
  • July 31 » Odawa Chief Pontiac's forces defeat British troops at the Battle of Bloody Run during Pontiac's War.
  • September 1 » Catherine II of Russia endorses Ivan Betskoy's plans for a Foundling Home in Moscow.
  • October 7 » King George III issues the Royal Proclamation of 1763, closing Indigenous lands in North America north and west of the Alleghenies to white settlements.
  • December 2 » Dedication of the Touro Synagogue, in Newport, Rhode Island, the first synagogue in what will become the United States.

Day of death January 22, 1780

• The temperature on January 22, 1780 was about 0.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: betrokken sneeuw. 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 1780: Source: Wikipedia
  • May 12 » American Revolutionary War: In the largest defeat of the Continental Army, Charleston, South Carolina is taken by British forces.
  • May 13 » The Cumberland Compact is signed by leaders of the settlers in the Cumberland River area of what would become the U.S. state of Tennessee, providing for democratic government and a formal system of justice.
  • May 29 » American Revolutionary War: At the Battle of Waxhaws, the British continue attacking after the Continentals lay down their arms, killing 113 and critically wounding all but 53 that remained.
  • August 22 » James Cook's ship HMSResolution returns to England (Cook having been killed on Hawaii during the voyage).
  • September 11 » American Revolutionary War: Sugarloaf Massacre: A small detachment of militia from Northampton County are attacked by Native Americans and Loyalists near Little Nescopeck Creek.
  • October 16 » American Revolutionary War: The British-led Royalton raid is the last Native American raid on New England.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1750 » Franz Xaver Josef von Unertl, Bavarian politician (b. 1675)
• 1763 » John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1690)
• 1767 » Johann Gottlob Lehmann, German meteorologist and geologist (b. 1719)
• 1779 » Claudius Smith, American guerrilla leader (b. 1736)
• 1779 » Jeremiah Dixon, English surveyor and astronomer (b. 1733)
• 1798 » Lewis Morris, American judge and politician (b. 1726)