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Christening day February 9, 1744

• The temperature on February 9, 1744 was about 0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southeast. Weather type: mist zeer betrokken. 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 1744: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 22 » War of the Austrian Succession: The Battle of Toulon causes several Royal Navy captains to be court-martialed, and the Articles of War to be amended.
  • July 4 » The Treaty of Lancaster, in which the Iroquois cede lands between the Allegheny Mountains and the Ohio River to the British colonies, was signed in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
  • September 30 » War of the Austrian Succession: France and Spain defeat Sardinia at the Battle of Madonna dell'Olmo, but soon have to withdraw from Sardinia anyway.

Day of marriage May 9, 1766

• The temperature on May 9, 1766 was about 10.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: donker 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 1766: Source: Wikipedia
  • March 5 » Antonio de Ulloa, the first Spanish governor of Louisiana, arrives in New Orleans.
  • March 18 » American Revolution: The British Parliament repeals the Stamp Act.
  • May 22 » A large earthquake causes heavy damage and loss of life in Istanbul and the Marmara region.
  • July 1 » François-Jean de la Barre, a young French nobleman, is tortured and beheaded before his body is burnt on a pyre along with a copy of Voltaire's Dictionnaire philosophique nailed to his torso for the crime of not saluting a Roman Catholic religious procession in Abbeville, France.
  • November 10 » The last colonial governor of New Jersey, William Franklin, signs the charter of Queen's College (later renamed Rutgers University).
  • December 25 » Mapuches in Chile launch a series of surprise attacks against the Spanish starting the Mapuche uprising of 1766.

Day of death October 11, 1781

• The temperature on October 11, 1781 was about 15.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north. Weather type: omtrent helder. 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 1 » American Revolutionary War: One thousand five hundred soldiers of the 6th Pennsylvania Regiment under General Anthony Wayne's command rebel against the Continental Army's winter camp in Morristown, New Jersey in the Pennsylvania Line Mutiny of 1781.
  • February 3 » American Revolutionary War: British forces seize the Dutch-owned Caribbean island Sint Eustatius.
  • March 15 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of Guilford Court House: Near present-day Greensboro, North Carolina, 1,900 British troops under General Charles Cornwallis defeat a mixed American force numbering 4,400 in a Pyrrhic victory.
  • September 4 » Los Angeles is founded as El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora La Reina de los Ángeles (The Village of Our Lady, the Queen of the Angels) by 44 Spanish settlers.
  • October 17 » American Revolutionary War: British General Charles, Earl Cornwallis surrenders at the Siege of Yorktown.
  • November 29 » The crew of the British slave ship Zong murders 133 Africans by dumping them into the sea to claim insurance.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1721 » Edward Colston, English merchant and politician (b. 1636)
• 1725 » Hans Herr, Swiss-American bishop (b. 1639)
• 1779 » Casimir Pulaski, Polish-American general (b. 1745)
• 1809 » Meriwether Lewis, American captain, explorer, and politician, 2nd Governor of Louisiana Territory (b. 1774)
• 1821 » John Ross Key, American lieutenant, lawyer, and judge (b. 1754)
• 1837 » Samuel Wesley, English organist and composer (b. 1766)