Genealogy Bovenschen, Looijenga, Van Gelderen en Van Donk » Houkje Pieters Nicolai (1733-1775)

Day of marriage March 10, 1771

• The temperature on March 10, 1771 was about -0 °C. Wind direction mainly north by west. Weather type: sneeuw donker. Special wheather fenomena: ijs. 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 1771: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 12 » Gustav III becomes the King of Sweden.
  • May 16 » The Battle of Alamance, a pre-American Revolutionary War battle between local militia and a group of rebels called The "Regulators", occurs in present-day Alamance County, North Carolina.
  • July 14 » Foundation of the Mission San Antonio de Padua in modern California by the Franciscan friar Junípero Serra.
  • July 17 » Bloody Falls massacre: Chipewyan chief Matonabbee, traveling as the guide to Samuel Hearne on his Arctic overland journey, massacres a group of unsuspecting Inuit.
  • October 17 » Premiere in Milan of the opera Ascanio in Alba, composed by Mozart at age 15.

Day of death December 22, 1775

• The temperature on December 22, 1775 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south. 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 1775: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 9 » American Revolutionary War: The British Parliament declares Massachusetts in rebellion.
  • April 19 » American Revolutionary War: The war begins with an American victory in Concord during the battles of Lexington and Concord.
  • June 12 » American Revolution: British general Thomas Gage declares martial law in Massachusetts. The British offer a pardon to all colonists who lay down their arms. There would be only two exceptions to the amnesty: Samuel Adams and John Hancock, if captured, were to be hanged.
  • July 26 » The office that would later become the United States Post Office Department is established by the Second Continental Congress. Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania takes office as Postmaster General.
  • October 13 » The Continental Congress establishes the Continental Navy (predecessor of the United States Navy).
  • November 10 » The United States Marine Corps is founded at Tun Tavern in Philadelphia by Samuel Nicholas.

Day of burial December 29, 1775

• The temperature on December 29, 1775 was about 3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south. 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 1775: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 9 » American Revolutionary War: The British Parliament declares Massachusetts in rebellion.
  • May 20 » The Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence is allegedly signed in Charlotte, North Carolina.
  • June 17 » American Revolutionary War: Colonists inflict heavy casualties on British forces while losing the Battle of Bunker Hill.
  • July 3 » American Revolutionary War: George Washington takes command of the Continental Army at Cambridge, Massachusetts.
  • September 17 » American Revolutionary War: The Invasion of Canada begins with the Siege of Fort St. Jean.
  • December 31 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of Quebec: British forces repulse an attack by Continental Army General Richard Montgomery.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1767 » John Newbery, English publisher (b. 1713)
• 1788 » Percivall Pott, English physician and surgeon (b. 1714)
• 1806 » William Vernon, English-American merchant (b. 1719)
• 1828 » William Hyde Wollaston, English chemist and physicist (b. 1766)
• 1853 » Manuel María Lombardini, Mexican general and politician. President (1853) (b. 1802)
• 1867 » Jean-Victor Poncelet, French mathematician and engineer (b. 1788)