Généalogie de Christian Stradiot » Jacques Joseph DESPLUS (1731-1791)

Day of marriage August 2, 1769

• The temperature on August 2, 1769 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: donker. Special wheather fenomena: wat dauw. 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 1769: Source: Wikipedia
  • July 14 » An expedition led by Gaspar de Portolá leaves its base in California and sets out to find the Port of Monterey (now Monterey, California).
  • July 16 » Father Junípero Serra founds California's first mission, Mission San Diego de Alcalá. Over the following decades, it evolves into the city of San Diego, California.
  • December 13 » Dartmouth College is founded by the Reverend Eleazar Wheelock, with a royal charter from King George III, on land donated by Royal governor John Wentworth.
  • December 22 » Sino-Burmese War: The war ends with an uneasy truce.

Day of death December 15, 1791

• The temperature on December 15, 1791 was about 2.0 °C. There was 44 mm of rainWind direction mainly south-southwest. 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 1791: Source: Wikipedia
  • March 2 » Long-distance communication speeds up with the unveiling of a semaphore machine in Paris.
  • May 3 » The Constitution of May 3 (the first modern constitution in Europe) is proclaimed by the Sejm of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
  • September 5 » Olympe de Gouges writes the Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen.
  • September 27 » The National Assembly votes to award full citizenship to Jews in France.
  • November 4 » Northwest Indian War: The Western Confederacy of American Indians wins a major victory over the United States in the Battle of the Wabash.
  • December 4 » The first edition of The Observer, the world's first Sunday newspaper, is published.

Day of burial December 16, 1791

• The temperature on December 16, 1791 was about 2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northeast. 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 1791: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 2 » Big Bottom massacre in the Ohio Country, North America, marking the beginning of the Northwest Indian War.
  • March 4 » The Constitutional Act of 1791 is introduced by the British House of Commons in London which envisages the separation of Canada into Lower Canada (Quebec) and Upper Canada (Ontario).
  • August 4 » The Treaty of Sistova is signed, ending the Ottoman–Habsburg wars.
  • August 30 » HMSPandora sinks after having run aground on the outer Great Barrier Reef the previous day.
  • September 14 » The Papal States lose Avignon to Revolutionary France.
  • September 27 » The National Assembly votes to award full citizenship to Jews in France.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1715 » George Hickes, English minister and scholar (b. 1642)
• 1753 » Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington, English architect and politician, designed Chiswick House (b. 1694)
• 1792 » Joseph Martin Kraus, Swedish pianist, violinist, and composer (b. 1756)
• 1812 » Shneur Zalman, Russian rabbi, author and founder of Chabad (b. 1745)
• 1819 » Daniel Rutherford, Scottish chemist and physician (b. 1749)
• 1855 » Jacques Charles François Sturm, French mathematician and academic (b. 1803)