Genealogy Richard Remmé, The Hague, Netherlands » Johann von Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld (1698-1780)

Day of marriage August 19, 1743

• The temperature on August 19, 1743 was about 20.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south by west. Weather type: helder omtrent helder. 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 death February 10, 1780

• The temperature on February 10, 1780 was about 2.0 °C. There was 4 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 1780: Source: Wikipedia
  • March 17 » American Revolution: George Washington grants the Continental Army a holiday "as an act of solidarity with the Irish in their fight for independence".
  • June 23 » American Revolution: Battle of Springfield fought in and around Springfield, New Jersey (including Short Hills, formerly of Springfield, now of Millburn Township).
  • September 23 » American Revolution: British Major John André is arrested as a spy by American soldiers exposing Benedict Arnold's change of sides.
  • October 2 » American Revolutionary War: John André, a British Army officer, is hanged as a spy by the Continental Army.
  • October 10 » The Great Hurricane of 1780 kills 20,000–30,000 in the Caribbean.
  • November 5 » French-American forces under Colonel LaBalme are defeated by Miami Chief Little Turtle.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1755 » Montesquieu, French lawyer and philosopher (b. 1689)
• 1782 » Friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German theologian and author (b. 1702)
• 1829 » Pope Leo XII (b. 1760)
• 1837 » Alexander Pushkin, Russian poet and author (b. 1799)
• 1854 » José Joaquín de Herrera, Mexican politician and general. President three times (1844–1854) (b. 1792)
• 1857 » David Thompson, English-Canadian surveyor and explorer (b. 1770)