Familie Doevendans » Grietje Wiennesdochter PELEN (1731-1777)

Day of marriage November 16, 1749

• The temperature on November 16, 1749 was about -1.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-southeast. Weather type: helder. Source: KNMI
• Erfstadhouder Prins Willem IV (Huis van Oranje) was from 1747 till 1751 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• In the year 1749: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 3 » Benning Wentworth issues the first of the New Hampshire Grants, leading to the establishment of Vermont.
  • January 3 » The first issue of Berlingske, Denmark's oldest continually operating newspaper, is published.
  • January 21 » The Teatro Filarmonico in Verona is destroyed by fire, as a result of a torch being left behind in the box of a nobleman after a performance. It is rebuilt in 1754.
  • May 19 » King George II of Great Britain grants the Ohio Company a charter of land around the forks of the Ohio River.
  • June 21 » Halifax, Nova Scotia, is founded.

Day of death November 7, 1777

• The temperature on November 7, 1777 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. 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 1777: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 2 » American Revolutionary War: American forces under the command of George Washington repulsed a British attack at the Battle of the Assunpink Creek near Trenton, New Jersey.
  • January 15 » American Revolutionary War: New Connecticut (present-day Vermont) declares its independence.
  • July 31 » The U.S. Second Continental Congress passes a resolution that the services of Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette "be accepted, and that, in consideration of his zeal, illustrious family and connexions, he have the rank and commission of major-general of the United States."
  • September 26 » American Revolution: British troops occupy Philadelphia.
  • October 17 » American Revolutionary War: British General John Burgoyne surrenders his army at Saratoga, New York.
  • November 29 » San Jose, California, is founded as Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe by José Joaquín Moraga. It is the first civilian settlement, or pueblo, in Alta California.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1713 » Elizabeth Barry, English actress (b. 1658)
• 1809 » Paul Sandby, English painter and cartographer (b. 1725)
• 1837 » Elijah Parish Lovejoy, American minister and journalist (b. 1809)
• 1862 » Bahadur Shah II, Mughal emperor (b. 1775)
• 1872 » Alfred Clebsch, German mathematician and academic (b. 1833)
• 1881 » John MacHale, Irish archbishop (b. 1791)