Genealogy De Vos-Verschuur » Adriaantje Oversteeg (1791-????)

Birthday May 2, 1791

• The temperature on May 2, 1791 was about 14.0 °C. Wind direction mainly 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
  • July 17 » Members of the French National Guard under the command of General Lafayette open fire on a crowd of radical Jacobins at the Champ de Mars, Paris, during the French Revolution, killing scores of people.
  • August 4 » The Treaty of Sistova is signed, ending the Ottoman–Habsburg wars.
  • September 9 » Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, is named after President George Washington.
  • October 1 » First session of the French Legislative Assembly.
  • 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 15 » The United States Bill of Rights becomes law when ratified by the Virginia General Assembly.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1772 » Novalis, German author and poet († 1801)
• 1773 » Henrik Steffens, Norwegian philosopher and poet († 1845)
• 1797 » Abraham Pineo Gesner, Canadian physician and geologist († 1864)
• 1802 » Heinrich Gustav Magnus, German chemist and physicist († 1870)
• 1806 » Catherine Labouré, French nun and saint († 1876)
• 1810 » Hans Christian Lumbye, Danish composer and conductor († 1874)