Genealogy Sassen-Hölscher » Joanne Gerarda Hulshof Theodorus (1778-????)

Birthday July 22, 1778

• The temperature on July 22, 1778 was about 17.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly west by south. 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 1778: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 14 » The United States flag is formally recognized by a foreign naval vessel for the first time, when French Admiral Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte renders a nine gun salute to USSRanger, commanded by John Paul Jones.
  • May 12 » Heinrich XI, count of the Principality of Reuss-Greiz, is elevated to Prince by Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor.
  • July 27 » American Revolution: First Battle of Ushant: British and French fleets fight to a standoff.
  • July 28 » Constitution of the province of Cantabria ratified at the Assembly Hall in Bárcena la Puente, Reocín, Spain.
  • August 26 » The first recorded ascent of Triglav, the highest mountain in Slovenia.
  • December 29 » American Revolutionary War: Three thousand British soldiers under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Campbell capture Savannah, Georgia.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1713 » Jacques-Germain Soufflot, French architect, designed the Panthéon († 1780)
• 1733 » Mikhail Shcherbatov, Russian philosopher and historian († 1790)
• 1755 » Gaspard de Prony, French mathematician and engineer († 1839)
• 1784 » Friedrich Bessel, German mathematician and astronomer († 1846)
• 1820 » Oliver Mowat, Canadian politician, 3rd Premier of Ontario, 8th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario († 1903)
• 1839 » Jakob Hurt, Estonian theologist and linguist († 1907)