Genealogy Janssen » Cornelia Jois Heessels (1716-1784)

Day of marriage April 5, 1739

• The temperature on April 5, 1739 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: geheel betrokken. 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 1739: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 17 » The Battle of Vasai commences as the Marathas move to invade Portuguese-occupied territory.
  • February 23 » At York Castle, the outlaw Dick Turpin is identified by his former schoolteacher. Turpin had been using the name Richard Palmer.
  • May 16 » The Battle of Vasai concludes as the Marathas defeat the Portuguese army.
  • September 9 » Stono Rebellion, the largest slave uprising in Britain's mainland North American colonies prior to the American Revolution, erupts near Charleston, South Carolina.
  • October 3 » The Treaty of Niš is signed by the Ottoman Empire and Russia at the end of the Russian–Turkish War.
  • November 20 » Start of the Battle of Porto Bello between British and Spanish forces during the War of Jenkins' Ear.

Day of death January 9, 1784

• The temperature on January 9, 1784 was about -6 °C. Wind direction mainly east-southeast. Weather type: 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 1784: Source: Wikipedia
  • March 11 » The signing of the Treaty of Mangalore brings the Second Anglo-Mysore War to an end.
  • March 22 » The Emerald Buddha is moved with great ceremony to its current location in Wat Phra Kaew, Thailand.
  • April 9 » The Treaty of Paris, ratified by the United States Congress on January 14, 1784, is ratified by King George III of the Kingdom of Great Britain, ending the American Revolutionary War. Copies of the ratified documents are exchanged on May 12, 1784.
  • June 4 » Élisabeth Thible becomes the first woman to fly in an untethered hot air balloon. Her flight covers four kilometres in 45 minutes, and reached 1,500 metres altitude (estimated).
  • August 23 » Western North Carolina (now eastern Tennessee) declares itself an independent state under the name of Franklin; it is not accepted into the United States, and only lasts for four years.
  • October 22 » Russia founds a colony on Kodiak Island, Alaska.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1757 » Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1657)
• 1762 » Antonio de Benavides, colonial governor of Florida (b. 1678)
• 1766 » Thomas Birch, English historian and author (b. 1705)
• 1799 » Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian mathematician and philosopher (b. 1718)
• 1800 » Jean Étienne Championnet, French general (b. 1762)
• 1805 » Noble Wimberly Jones, American physician and politician (b. 1723)