Genealogy Tichelman / Tiggelman op Goeree Overflakkee » Isabella Fitzroy (1726-1782)

Day of marriage May 29, 1741

• The temperature on May 29, 1741 was about 13.0 °C. There was 139 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: regen helder. Source: KNMI
•  This page is only available in Dutch.
  Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• In the year 1741: Source: Wikipedia
  • March 18 » New York governor George Clarke's complex at Fort George is burned in an arson attack, starting the New York Conspiracy of 1741.
  • April 10 » War of the Austrian Succession: Prussia gains control of Silesia at the Battle of Mollwitz.
  • May 20 » The Battle of Cartagena de Indias ends in a Spanish victory and the British begin withdrawal towards Jamaica with substantial losses.
  • June 25 » Maria Theresa is crowned Queen of Hungary.
  • July 31 » Charles Albert of Bavaria invades Upper Austria and Bohemia.
  • August 10 » King Marthanda Varma of Travancore defeats the Dutch East India Company at the Battle of Colachel, effectively bringing about the end of the Dutch colonial rule in India.

Day of death November 10, 1782

• The temperature on November 10, 1782 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east. 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 1782: Source: Wikipedia
  • March 8 » Gnadenhutten massacre: Ninety-six Native Americans in Gnadenhutten, Ohio, who had converted to Christianity, are killed by Pennsylvania militiamen in retaliation for raids carried out by other Indian tribes.
  • May 6 » Construction begins on the Grand Palace, the royal residence of the King of Siam in Bangkok, at the command of King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke.
  • June 10 » King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke (Rama I) of Siam (modern day Thailand) is crowned.
  • June 20 » The U.S. Congress adopts the Great Seal of the United States.
  • July 1 » Raid on Lunenburg: American privateers attack the British settlement of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.
  • December 14 » The Montgolfier brothers first test fly an unmanned hot air balloon in France; it floats nearly 2km (1.2mi).

Day of burial November 20, 1782

• The temperature on November 20, 1782 was about -1.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. 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 1782: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 7 » The first American commercial bank, the Bank of North America, opens.
  • January 15 » Superintendent of Finance Robert Morris addresses the U.S. Congress to recommend establishment of a national mint and decimal coinage.
  • March 16 » American Revolutionary War: Spanish troops capture the British-held island of Roatán.
  • March 16 » Anglo-Spanish War (1779): Action of 16 March 1782.
  • April 19 » John Adams secures the Dutch Republic's recognition of the United States as an independent government. The house which he had purchased in The Hague, Netherlands becomes the first American embassy.
  • August 7 » George Washington orders the creation of the Badge of Military Merit to honor soldiers wounded in battle. It is later renamed to the more poetic Purple Heart.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1727 » Alphonse de Tonty, French-American sailor and explorer (b. 1659)
• 1728 » Fyodor Apraksin, Russian admiral (b. 1661)
• 1772 » Pedro Correia Garção, Portuguese poet and author (b. 1724)
• 1777 » Cornstalk, American tribal chief (b. 1720)
• 1808 » Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, Irish-born English general and politician, 21st Governor General of Canada (b. 1724)
• 1852 » Gideon Mantell, English scientist (b. 1790)