geboren: 30 dec 1780; gedoopt: 7 jan 1781; kind: Dirk; vader: Marinus Rooze; moeder: Maria de Witte; getuigen: Dames de Witte, Levinus Kervink, Maatje Jansen
The temperature on December 30, 1780 was about 4.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
April 16 » Franz Friedrich Wilhelm von Fürstenberg founds the University of Münster.
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.
September 23 » American Revolution: British Major John André is arrested as a spy by American soldiers exposing Benedict Arnold's change of sides.
October 2 » American Revolutionary War: John André, a British Army officer, is hanged as a spy by the Continental Army.
October 7 » American Revolutionary War: American militia defeat royalist irregulars led by British major Patrick Ferguson in South Carolina.
November 5 » French-American forces under Colonel LaBalme are defeated by Miami Chief Little Turtle.
Christening day January 7, 1781
The temperature on January 7, 1781 was about 0 °C. Wind direction mainly south. Weather type: betrokken mist. Source: KNMI
January 5 » American Revolutionary War: Richmond, Virginia, is burned by British naval forces led by Benedict Arnold.
January 6 » In the Battle of Jersey, the British defeat the last attempt by France to invade Jersey in the Channel Islands.
February 3 » American Revolutionary War: British forces seize the Dutch-owned Caribbean island Sint Eustatius.
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 28 » American Revolution: American forces backed by a French fleet begin the siege of Yorktown.
November 29 » The crew of the British slave ship Zong murders 133 Africans by dumping them into the sea to claim insurance.
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