Genealogy Richard en Marquardt » jean baptiste CAMBIER (1787-????)

Birthday January 12, 1787

• The temperature on January 12, 1787 was about -0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: helder. Special wheather fenomena: noorderlicht. 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 1787: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 11 » William Herschel discovers Titania and Oberon, two moons of Uranus.
  • May 13 » Captain Arthur Phillip leaves Portsmouth, England, with eleven ships full of convicts (the "First Fleet") to establish a penal colony in Australia.
  • May 25 » After a delay of 11 days, the United States Constitutional Convention formally convenes in Philadelphia after a quorum of seven states is secured.
  • June 20 » Oliver Ellsworth moves at the Federal Convention to call the government the 'United States'.
  • September 28 » The Congress of the Confederation votes to send the newly-written United States Constitution to the state legislatures for approval.
  • December 7 » Delaware becomes the first state to ratify the United States Constitution.

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• 1772 » Mikhail Speransky, Russian academic and politician († 1839)
• 1786 » Sir Robert Inglis, 2nd Baronet, English politician († 1855)
• 1792 » Johan August Arfwedson, Swedish chemist and academic († 1841)
• 1797 » Gideon Brecher, Austrian physician and author († 1873)
• 1799 » Priscilla Susan Bury, British botanist († 1872)
• 1822 » Étienne Lenoir, Belgian engineer, designed the internal combustion engine († 1900)