Genealogy De Vos-Verschuur » Antonia van Maanen (1779-????)

Birthday July 25, 1779

• The temperature on July 25, 1779 was about 22.0 °C. There was 68 mm of rainWind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: regen . 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 1779: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 11 » Ching-Thang Khomba is crowned King of Manipur.
  • February 14 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Kettle Creek is fought in Georgia.
  • February 14 » James Cook is killed by Native Hawaiians near Kealakekua on the Island of Hawaii.
  • May 13 » War of the Bavarian Succession: Russian and French mediators at the Congress of Teschen negotiate an end to the war. In the agreement Austria receives the part of its territory that was taken from it (the Innviertel).
  • June 24 » American Revolutionary War: The Great Siege of Gibraltar begins.
  • September 23 » American Revolution: John Paul Jones, naval commander of the United States, on board the USSBonhomme Richard, wins the Battle of Flamborough Head.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1750 » Henry Knox, American general and politician, 1st United States Secretary of War († 1806)
• 1753 » Santiago de Liniers, 1st Count of Buenos Aires, French-Spanish captain and politician, 10th Viceroy of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata († 1810)
• 1797 » Princess Augusta of Hesse-Kassel († 1889)
• 1806 » Maria Weston Chapman, American abolitionist († 1885)
• 1839 » Francis Garnier, French captain and explorer († 1873)
• 1844 » Thomas Eakins, American painter, sculptor, and photographer († 1916)