Genealogy Jägers-Spring » Fijen Barbara (????-1778)

Day of death September 7, 1778

• The temperature on September 7, 1778 was about 16.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east by north. 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 1778: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 18 » James Cook is the first known European to discover the Hawaiian Islands, which he names the "Sandwich Islands".
  • February 6 » American Revolutionary War: In Paris the Treaty of Alliance and the Treaty of Amity and Commerce are signed by the United States and France signaling official recognition of the new republic.
  • February 23 » American Revolutionary War: Baron von Steuben arrives at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania to help to train the Continental Army.
  • June 28 » American Revolutionary War: The American Continentals engage the British in the Battle of Monmouth Courthouse resulting in standstill and British withdrawal under cover of darkness.
  • August 29 » American Revolutionary War: British and American forces battle indecisively at the Battle of Rhode Island.
  • December 29 » American Revolutionary War: Three thousand British soldiers under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Campbell capture Savannah, Georgia.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1729 » William Burnet, Dutch-American civil servant and politician, 21st Governor of the Province of New York (b. 1688)
• 1741 » Blas de Lezo, Spanish admiral (b. 1689)
• 1798 » Peter Frederik Suhm, Danish-Norwegian historian and author (b. 1728)
• 1799 » Louis-Guillaume Le Monnier, French botanist and physicist (b. 1717)
• 1809 » Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke, Thai king (b. 1737)
• 1833 » Hannah More, English poet, playwright, and philanthropist (b. 1745)