Genealogy De Vos-Verschuur » Cornelia van Arkel (1782-????)

Birthday March 17, 1782

• The temperature on March 17, 1782 was about 0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: omtrent helder. 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 1782: Source: Wikipedia
  • March 8 » Gnadenhutten massacre: Ninety-six Native Americans in Gnadenhutten, Ohio, who had converted to Christianity, are killed by Pennsylvania militiamen in retaliation for raids carried out by other Indian tribes.
  • March 16 » American Revolutionary War: Spanish troops capture the British-held island of Roatán.
  • March 16 » Anglo-Spanish War (1779): Action of 16 March 1782.
  • June 20 » The U.S. Congress adopts the Great Seal of the United States.
  • August 19 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of Blue Licks: The last major engagement of the war, almost ten months after the surrender of the British commander Charles Cornwallis following the Siege of Yorktown.
  • September 13 » American Revolutionary War: Franco-Spanish troops launch the unsuccessful "grand assault" during the Great Siege of Gibraltar.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1777 » Patrick Brontë, Irish-English priest and author († 1861)
• 1777 » Roger B. Taney, American politician and jurist, 5th Chief Justice of the United States († 1864)
• 1780 » Thomas Chalmers, Scottish minister, economist, and educator († 1847)
• 1781 » Ebenezer Elliott, English poet and educator († 1849)
• 1804 » Jim Bridger, American fur trader and explorer († 1881)
• 1806 » Norbert Rillieux, African American inventor and chemical engineer († 1894)