Enkhuizer Regentengeslachten » Gerrit van Romond (1704-1776)

Christening day August 22, 1704

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  Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• In the year 1704: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 25 » The Battle of Ayubale results in the destruction of most of the Spanish missions in Florida.
  • February 29 » Queen Anne's War: French forces and Native Americans stage a raid on Deerfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony, killing 56 villagers and taking more than 100 captive.
  • April 24 » The first regular newspaper in British Colonial America, The Boston News-Letter, is published.
  • August 4 » War of the Spanish Succession: Gibraltar is captured by an English and Dutch fleet, commanded by Admiral Sir George Rooke and allied with Archduke Charles.
  • August 13 » War of the Spanish Succession: Battle of Blenheim: English and Imperial forces are victorious over French and Bavarian troops.
  • December 6 » Battle of Chamkaur: During the Mughal-Sikh Wars, an outnumbered Sikh Khalsa defeats a Mughal army.

Day of marriage May 18, 1738

• The temperature on May 18, 1738 was about 15.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: geheel betrokken. Source: KNMI
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  Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• In the year 1738: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 7 » A peace treaty is signed between Peshwa Bajirao and Jai Singh II following Maratha victory in the Battle of Bhopal.
  • April 15 » Serse, an Italian opera by George Frideric Handel receives its premiere performance in London, England.
  • April 18 » Real Academia de la Historia ("Royal Academy of History") is founded in Madrid.
  • May 24 » John Wesley is converted, essentially launching the Methodist movement; the day is celebrated annually by Methodists as Aldersgate Day and a church service is generally held on the preceding Sunday.
  • May 25 » A treaty between Pennsylvania and Maryland ends the Conojocular War with settlement of a boundary dispute and exchange of prisoners.
  • July 20 » Canadian explorer Pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de La Vérendrye reaches the western shore of Lake Michigan.

Day of death June 9, 1776

• The temperature on June 9, 1776 was about 14.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly south. Weather type: omtrent helder. 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 1776: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 27 » American Revolutionary War: Henry Knox's "noble train of artillery" arrives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
  • February 27 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge in North Carolina breaks up a Loyalist militia.
  • April 6 » American Revolutionary War: Ships of the Continental Navy fail in their attempt to capture a Royal Navy dispatch boat.
  • June 28 » American Revolutionary War: Thomas Hickey, Continental Army private and bodyguard to General George Washington, is hanged for mutiny and sedition.
  • August 2 » The signing of the United States Declaration of Independence took place.
  • December 5 » Phi Beta Kappa, the oldest academic honor society in the U.S., holds its first meeting at the College of William & Mary.

Day of burial June 13, 1776

• The temperature on June 13, 1776 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. 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)
• In the year 1776: Source: Wikipedia
  • March 9 » The Wealth of Nations by Scottish economist and philosopher Adam Smith is published.
  • May 15 » American Revolution: The Fifth Virginia Convention instructs its Continental Congress delegation to propose a resolution of independence from Great Britain, paving the way for the United States Declaration of Independence.
  • June 28 » American Revolutionary War: Thomas Hickey, Continental Army private and bodyguard to General George Washington, is hanged for mutiny and sedition.
  • August 2 » The signing of the United States Declaration of Independence took place.
  • August 31 » William Livingston, the first Governor of New Jersey, begins serving his first term.
  • September 16 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Harlem Heights is fought.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1716 » Banda Singh Bahadur, Indian commander (b. 1670)
• 1717 » Jeanne Guyon, French mystic and author (b. 1648)
• 1834 » William Carey, English minister and missionary (b. 1761)
• 1870 » Charles Dickens, English novelist and critic (b. 1812)
• 1875 » Gérard Paul Deshayes, French geologist and conchologist (b. 1795)
• 1889 » Mike Burke, American baseball player (b. 1854)