Genealogy Van Melzen » Johann David Zembsch (1782-????)

Birthday December 1, 1782

• The temperature on December 1, 1782 was about -0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly east. Weather type: betrokken sneeuw. 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 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.
  • June 10 » King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke (Rama I) of Siam (modern day Thailand) is crowned.
  • September 14 » American Revolutionary War: Review of the French troops under General Rochambeau by General George Washington at Verplanck's Point, New York.
  • November 30 » American Revolutionary War: Treaty of Paris: In Paris, representatives from the United States and Great Britain sign preliminary peace articles (later formalized as the 1783 Treaty of Paris).

Source: Wikipedia

• 1743 » Martin Heinrich Klaproth, German chemist and academic († 1817)
• 1761 » Marie Tussaud, French-English sculptor, founded Madame Tussauds Wax Museum († 1850)
• 1792 » Nikolai Lobachevsky, Russian mathematician and geometer († 1856)
• 1800 » Mihály Vörösmarty, Hungarian poet († 1855)
• 1805 » 9th Dalai Lama, Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader († 1815)
• 1844 » Alexandra of Denmark († 1925)