Généalogie Marc Pelo » Pierre BERIER-BORDE (1778-1783)

Day of death June 14, 1783

• The temperature on June 14, 1783 was about 18.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. 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 1783: Source: Wikipedia
  • March 15 » In an emotional speech in Newburgh, New York, George Washington asks his officers not to support the Newburgh Conspiracy. The plea is successful and the threatened coup d'état never takes place.
  • 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.
  • May 26 » A Great Jubilee Day held at North Stratford, Connecticut, celebrated the end of fighting in the American Revolution.
  • October 15 » The Montgolfier brothers' hot air balloon makes the first human ascent, piloted by Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier.
  • November 25 » American Revolutionary War: The last British troops leave New York City three months after the signing of the Treaty of Paris.
  • November 29 » A 5.3 magnitude earthquake strikes New Jersey.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1801 » Benedict Arnold, American general during the American Revolution later turned British spy (b. 1741)
• 1825 » Pierre Charles L'Enfant, French-American architect and engineer, designed Washington, D.C. (b. 1754)