Genealogy Lagast en Vertommen » Henricus Josephus Lagast (1743-1783)

Christening day May 7, 1743

• The temperature on May 7, 1743 was about 9.0 °C. There was 2 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: regen 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 1743: Source: Wikipedia
  • May 12 » Maria Theresa of Austria is crowned Queen of Bohemia after defeating her rival, Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor.
  • May 19 » Jean-Pierre Christin developed the centigrade temperature scale.
  • June 27 » In the Battle of Dettingen, George II becomes the last reigning British monarch to participate in a battle.
  • September 13 » Great Britain, Austria and the Kingdom of Sardinia sign the Treaty of Worms.

Day of marriage May 6, 1776

• The temperature on May 6, 1776 was about 9.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken 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 1776: Source: Wikipedia
  • March 3 » American Revolutionary War: The first amphibious landing of the United States Marine Corps begins the Battle of Nassau.
  • April 7 » Captain John Barry and the USSLexington captures the Edward.
  • June 28 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Sullivan's Island ends with the American victory, leading to the commemoration of Carolina Day.
  • August 2 » The signing of the United States Declaration of Independence took place.
  • September 7 » According to American colonial reports, Ezra Lee makes the world's first submarine attack in the Turtle, attempting to attach a time bomb to the hull of HMS Eagle in New York Harbor (no British records of this attack exist).
  • September 16 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Harlem Heights is fought.

Day of death December 25, 1783

• The temperature on December 25, 1783 was about 0.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly south-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 1783: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 3 » Spain–United States relations are first established.
  • February 5 » In Calabria, a sequence of strong earthquakes begins.
  • February 7 » American Revolutionary War: French and Spanish forces lift the Great Siege of Gibraltar.
  • April 18 » Three-Fifths Compromise: the first instance of black slaves in the United States of America being counted as three fifths of persons (for the purpose of taxation), in a resolution of the Congress of the Confederation. This was later adopted in the 1787 Constitution.
  • June 8 » Laki, a volcano in Iceland, begins an eight-month eruption which kills over 9,000 people and starts a seven-year famine.
  • November 21 » In Paris, Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and François Laurent d'Arlandes, make the first untethered hot air balloon flight.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1730 » Henry Scott, 1st Earl of Deloraine, Scottish peer and general (b. 1676)
• 1758 » James Hervey, English priest and author (b. 1714)
• 1784 » Yosa Buson, Japanese poet and painter (b. 1716)
• 1796 » Velu Nachiyar, Queen of Sivagangai (b. 1730)
• 1824 » Barbara von Krüdener, German mystic and author (b. 1764)
• 1824 » William Lawless, Irish revolutionary, later French Army general (b. 1772)