Genealogy De Vos-Verschuur » Maartje van Deelen (1759-????)

Birthday March 18, 1759

• The temperature on March 18, 1759 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: hagel 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)
• Regentes Anna (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1759 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• In the year 1759: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 11 » The first American life insurance company, the Corporation for Relief of Poor and Distressed Presbyterian Ministers and of the Poor and Distressed Widows and Children of the Presbyterian Ministers (now part of Unum Group), is incorporated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  • January 15 » The British Museum opens to the public.
  • May 1 » Josiah Wedgwood founds the Wedgwood pottery company in Great Britain.
  • July 25 » French and Indian War: In Western New York, British forces capture Fort Niagara from the French, who subsequently abandon Fort Rouillé.
  • September 13 » Battle of the Plains of Abraham: the British defeat the French near Quebec City in the Seven Years' War, known in the United States as the French and Indian War.
  • December 31 » Arthur Guinness signs a 9,000 year lease at £45 per annum and starts brewing Guinness.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1733 » Christoph Friedrich Nicolai, German author and bookseller († 1811)
• 1780 » Miloš Obrenović, Serbian prince († 1860)
• 1782 » John C. Calhoun, American lawyer and politician, 7th Vice President of the United States († 1850)
• 1789 » Charlotte Elliott, English poet, hymn writer, editor († 1871)
• 1798 » Francis Lieber, German-American jurist and philosopher († 1872)
• 1800 » Harriet Smithson, Irish actress, the first wife and muse of Hector Berlioz († 1854)