Families Klein, Ree, de Breed en de Vries van Terschelling » Karel Christiaan van Nassau-Weilburg (1735-1788)

Day of marriage March 5, 1760

• The temperature on March 5, 1760 was about 0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: geheel 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 1760: Source: Wikipedia
  • March 20 » The Great Boston Fire of 1760 destroys 349 buildings.
  • June 27 » Anglo-Cherokee War: Cherokee warriors defeat British forces at the Battle of Echoee near present-day Otto, North Carolina.
  • July 8 » British forces defeat French forces in the last naval battle in New France.
  • August 15 » Seven Years' War: Battle of Liegnitz: Frederick the Great's victory over the Austrians under Ernst Gideon von Laudon.
  • October 9 » Seven Years' War: Russian and Austrian troops briefly occupy Berlin.
  • November 15 » The secondly-built Castellania in Valletta is officially inaugurated with the blessing of the interior Chapel of Sorrows.

Day of death November 28, 1788

• The temperature on November 28, 1788 was about -3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east by north. 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)
• In the year 1788: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 19 » The second group of ships of the First Fleet arrive at Botany Bay.
  • January 20 » The third and main part of First Fleet arrives at Botany Bay. Arthur Phillip decides that Port Jackson is a more suitable location for a colony.
  • January 26 » The British First Fleet, led by Arthur Phillip, sails into Port Jackson (Sydney Harbour) to establish Sydney, the first permanent European settlement on Australia. Commemorated as Australia Day.
  • February 9 » The Habsburg Empire joins the Russo-Turkish War in the Russian camp.
  • March 6 » The First Fleet arrives at Norfolk Island in order to found a convict settlement.
  • September 13 » The Philadelphia Convention sets the date for the first presidential election in the United States, and New York City becomes the country's temporary capital.

Day of burial November 30, 1788

• The temperature on November 30, 1788 was about -2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north. 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 1788: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 9 » Connecticut becomes the fifth state to ratify the Constitution.
  • January 19 » The second group of ships of the First Fleet arrive at Botany Bay.
  • February 9 » The Habsburg Empire joins the Russo-Turkish War in the Russian camp.
  • June 7 » French Revolution: Day of the Tiles: Civilians in Grenoble toss roof tiles and various objects down upon royal troops.
  • June 21 » New Hampshire becomes the ninth state to ratify the Constitution of the United States.
  • July 26 » New York ratifies the United States Constitution and becomes the 11th state of the United States.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1763 » Naungdawgyi, Burmese king (b. 1734)
• 1785 » William Whipple, American general and politician (b. 1730)
• 1794 » Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, Prussian-American general (b. 1730)
• 1794 » Sir James Tylney-Long, 7th Baronet, English politician (b. 1736)
• 1801 » Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu, French geologist and academic (b. 1750)
• 1815 » Johann Peter Salomon, German violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1745)