Dinteloord en omliggende gemeenten » Dirk Huizers (1770-????)

Birthday September 16, 1770

• The temperature on September 16, 1770 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south by east. Weather type: omtrent helder. Special wheather fenomena: veel dauw. 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 1770: Source: Wikipedia
  • May 16 » The 14-year-old Marie Antoinette marries 15-year-old Louis-Auguste, who later becomes king of France.
  • May 26 » The Orlov Revolt, an attempt to revolt against the Ottoman Empire before the Greek War of Independence, ends in disaster for the Greeks.
  • June 19 » New Church Day: Emanuel Swedenborg writes: "The Lord sent forth His twelve disciples, who followed Him in the world into the whole spiritual world to preach the Gospel that the Lord God Jesus Christ reign. This took place on the 19th day of June, in the year 1770."
  • July 1 » Lexell's Comet is seen closer to the Earth than any other comet in recorded history, approaching to a distance of 0.0146 astronomical units (2,180,000km; 1,360,000mi).
  • August 21 » James Cook formally claims eastern Australia for Great Britain, naming it New South Wales.
  • November 14 » James Bruce discovers what he believes to be the source of the Nile.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1722 » Gabriel Christie, Scottish-Canadian general († 1799)
• 1725 » Nicolas Desmarest, French geologist, zoologist, and author († 1815)
• 1745 » Mikhail Kutuzov, Russian field marshal († 1813)
• 1777 » Nathan Mayer Rothschild, German-English banker and financier († 1836)
• 1782 » Daoguang Emperor of China († 1850)
• 1823 » Francis Parkman, American historian and author († 1893)