Genealogy Richard Remmé, The Hague, Netherlands » Agnietje van Wagenen (1764-1792)

Christening day April 1, 1764

• The temperature on April 1, 1764 was about 12.0 °C. There was 26 mm of rainWind direction mainly west. Weather type: 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)
• Regent Lodewijk Ernst (Hertog van Brunswijk-Wolfenbüttel) was from 1759 till 1766 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• In the year 1764: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 19 » Bolle Willum Luxdorph records in his diary that a mail bomb, possibly the world's first, has severely injured the Danish Colonel Poulsen, residing at Børglum Abbey.
  • January 19 » John Wilkes is expelled from the British House of Commons for seditious libel.
  • February 15 » The city of St. Louis is established in Spanish Louisiana (now in Missouri, USA).
  • September 7 » Election of Stanisław August Poniatowski as the last ruler of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.

Day of marriage May 4, 1781

• The temperature on May 4, 1781 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north by east. Weather type: geheel 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 1781: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 6 » In the Battle of Jersey, the British defeat the last attempt by France to invade Jersey in the Channel Islands.
  • January 17 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of Cowpens: Continental troops under Brigadier General Daniel Morgan defeat British forces under Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton at the battle in South Carolina.
  • March 13 » William Herschel discovers Uranus.
  • April 29 » American Revolutionary War: British and French ships clash in the Battle of Fort Royal off the coast of Martinique.
  • September 5 » Battle of the Chesapeake in the American Revolutionary War: The British Navy is repelled by the French Navy, contributing to the British surrender at Yorktown.
  • September 28 » American Revolution: American forces backed by a French fleet begin the siege of Yorktown.

Day of death February 7, 1792

• The temperature on February 7, 1792 was about 8.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: 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 1792: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 20 » The Postal Service Act, establishing the United States Post Office Department, is signed by United States President George Washington.
  • April 2 » The Coinage Act is passed establishing the United States Mint.
  • April 25 » Highwayman Nicolas J. Pelletier becomes the first person executed by guillotine.
  • May 11 » Robert Gray commands the first expedition to sail into the Columbia River.
  • June 4 » Captain George Vancouver claims Puget Sound for the Kingdom of Great Britain.
  • July 25 » The Brunswick Manifesto is issued to the population of Paris promising vengeance if the French royal family is harmed.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1779 » William Boyce, English organist and composer (b. 1711)
• 1799 » Qianlong Emperor of China (b. 1711)
• 1801 » Daniel Chodowiecki, Polish-German painter and academic (b. 1726)
• 1819 » August Wilhelm Hupel, German-Estonian linguist and author (b. 1737)
• 1823 » Ann Radcliffe, English author (b. 1764)
• 1837 » Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden (b. 1778)