Genealogy Banekate » Engele (kind) Platenkamp (1774-1776)

Christening day March 20, 1774

• The temperature on March 20, 1774 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north west from. Weather type: mist. Special wheather fenomena: rijp. 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 1774: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 21 » Abdul Hamid I becomes Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam.
  • July 4 » Orangetown Resolutions are adopted in the Province of New York, one of many protests against the British Parliament's Coercive Acts.
  • July 21 » Russo-Turkish War (1768–74): Russia and the Ottoman Empire sign the Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca ending the war.
  • August 1 » British scientist Joseph Priestley discovers oxygen gas, corroborating the prior discovery of this element by German-Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele.
  • September 5 » First Continental Congress assembles in Philadelphia.
  • October 26 » The first Continental Congress adjourns in Philadelphia.

Day of death June 25, 1776

• The temperature on June 25, 1776 was about 15.0 °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
  • January 1 » General George Washington hoists the first United States flag; the Grand Union Flag at Prospect Hill.
  • January 27 » American Revolutionary War: Henry Knox's "noble train of artillery" arrives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
  • June 11 » The Continental Congress appoints Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston to the Committee of Five to draft a declaration of independence.
  • August 10 » American Revolutionary War: Word of the United States Declaration of Independence reaches London.
  • September 17 » The Presidio of San Francisco is founded in New Spain.
  • November 16 » American Revolution: The United Provinces (Low Countries) recognize the independence of the United States.

Day of burial June 28, 1776

• The temperature on June 28, 1776 was about 14.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-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
  • January 1 » American Revolutionary War: Norfolk, Virginia is burned by combined Royal Navy and Continental Army action.
  • March 3 » American Revolutionary War: The first amphibious landing of the United States Marine Corps begins the Battle of Nassau.
  • June 12 » The Virginia Declaration of Rights is adopted.
  • July 2 » American Revolution: The Continental Congress adopts a resolution severing ties with the Kingdom of Great Britain although the wording of the formal Declaration of Independence is not published until July 4.
  • July 9 » George Washington orders the Declaration of Independence to be read out to members of the Continental Army in Manhattan, while thousands of British troops on Staten Island prepare for the Battle of Long Island.
  • December 26 » American Revolutionary War: In the Battle of Trenton, the Continental Army attacks and successfully defeats a garrison of Hessian forces.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1715 » Jean-Baptiste du Casse, French admiral and politician (b. 1646)
• 1767 » Georg Philipp Telemann, German composer and theorist (b. 1681)
• 1798 » Thomas Sandby, English cartographer, painter, and architect (b. 1721)
• 1822 » E. T. A. Hoffmann, German composer, critic, and jurist (b. 1776)
• 1835 » Ebenezer Pemberton, American educator (b. 1746)
• 1838 » François-Nicolas-Benoît Haxo, French general and engineer (b. 1774)