Généalogie des descendants de Noel Morin et d'Hélène Desportes » Marie Jeanne GAGNON (1712-1776)

Christening day May 18, 1712

• The temperature on May 18, 1712 was about 12.0 °C. Source: KNMI
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  Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• In the year 1712: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 10 » Huilliches in Chiloé rebel against Spanish encomenderos.
  • February 29 » February 29 is followed by February 30 in Sweden, in a move to abolish the Swedish calendar for a return to the Julian calendar.
  • April 6 » The New York Slave Revolt of 1712 begins near Broadway.
  • July 31 » Action of 31 July 1712 (Great Northern War): Danish and Swedish ships clash in the Baltic Sea; the result is inconclusive.
  • August 17 » Action of 17 August 1712 New Deep naval battle between Denmark and Sweden.
  • October 3 » The Duke of Montrose issues a warrant for the arrest of Rob Roy MacGregor.

Day of death December 10, 1776

• The temperature on December 10, 1776 was about 3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south. 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 1776: Source: Wikipedia
  • March 9 » The Wealth of Nations by Scottish economist and philosopher Adam Smith is published.
  • June 28 » American Revolutionary War: Thomas Hickey, Continental Army private and bodyguard to General George Washington, is hanged for mutiny and sedition.
  • July 9 » George Washington orders the Declaration of Independence to be read out to members of the Continental Army in Manhattan, while thousands of British troops on Staten Island prepare for the Battle of Long Island.
  • September 10 » American Revolutionary War: Nathan Hale volunteers to spy for the Continental Army.
  • September 22 » Nathan Hale is hanged for spying during the American Revolution.
  • December 25 » George Washington and the Continental Army cross the Delaware River at night to attack Hessian forces serving Great Britain at Trenton, New Jersey, the next day.

Day of burial December 11, 1776

• The temperature on December 11, 1776 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south. Weather type: betrokken mist. 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 1776: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 1 » American Revolutionary War: Norfolk, Virginia is burned by combined Royal Navy and Continental Army action.
  • March 4 » American Revolutionary War: The Continental Army fortifies Dorchester Heights with cannon, leading the British troops to abandon the Siege of Boston.
  • September 16 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Harlem Heights is fought.
  • November 16 » American Revolution: The United Provinces (Low Countries) recognize the independence of the United States.
  • November 16 » American Revolutionary War: British and Hessian units capture Fort Washington from the Patriots.
  • November 29 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Fort Cumberland, Nova Scotia, comes to an end with the arrival of British reinforcements.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1736 » António Manoel de Vilhena, Portuguese soldier and politician (b. 1663)
• 1791 » Jacob Frank, Polish religious leader (b. 1726)
• 1831 » Thomas Johann Seebeck, German physicist and academic (b. 1770)
• 1850 » François Sulpice Beudant, French mineralogist and geologist (b. 1787)
• 1850 » Józef Bem, Polish general and physicist (b. 1794)
• 1865 » Leopold I of Belgium (b. 1790)