Genealogy Kamhoot » Geertje Kamhoofd (1784-????)

Birthday September 24, 1784

• The temperature on September 24, 1784 was about 17.0 °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 1784: Source: Wikipedia
  • March 11 » The signing of the Treaty of Mangalore brings the Second Anglo-Mysore War to an end.
  • 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 17 » Classical composer Luigi Boccherini receives a pay rise of 12000 reals from his employer, the Infante Luis, Count of Chinchón.
  • 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

• 1755 » John Marshall, American Continental Army officer, jurist, and politician, 4th Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court († 1835)
• 1761 » F.L.Æ. Kunzen, German-Danish composer and conductor († 1817)
• 1796 » Antoine-Louis Barye, French sculptor and educator († 1875)
• 1801 » Mikhail Ostrogradsky, Ukrainian-Russian mathematician and physicist († 1862)
• 1802 » Adolphe d'Archiac, French paleontologist and geologist († 1868)
• 1812 » Mary Ann Browne, British poet and writer of musical scores († 1845)