Genealogy Vriesendorp » Antonia VRIESENDORP (1785-1789)

Christening day September 10, 1785

• The temperature on September 10, 1785 was about 20.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWeather 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 1785: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 7 » Frenchman Jean-Pierre Blanchard and American John Jeffries travel from Dover, England, to Calais, France, in a gas balloon.
  • January 20 » Invading Siamese forces attempt to exploit the political chaos in Vietnam, but are ambushed and annihilated at the Mekong river by the Tây Sơn in the Battle of Rạch Gầm-Xoài Mút.
  • January 27 » The University of Georgia is founded, the first public university in the United States.
  • November 28 » The first Treaty of Hopewell is signed, by which the United States acknowledges Cherokee lands in what is now East Tennessee.

Day of death November 27, 1789

• The temperature on November 27, 1789 was about 6.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: 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 1789: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 21 » The first American novel, The Power of Sympathy or the Triumph of Nature Founded in Truth by William Hill Brown, is printed in Boston.
  • April 20 » George Washington arrives at Grays Ferry, Philadelphia while en route to Manhattan for his inauguration.
  • July 12 » In response to the dismissal of the French finance minister Jacques Necker, the radical journalist Camille Desmoulins gives a speech which results in the storming of the Bastille two days later.
  • August 28 » William Herschel discovers a new moon of Saturn: Enceladus.
  • October 2 » The United States Bill of Rights is sent to the various States for ratification.
  • November 20 » New Jersey becomes the first U.S. state to ratify the Bill of Rights.

Day of burial December 2, 1789

• The temperature on December 2, 1789 was about 1.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: 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 1789: Source: Wikipedia
  • July 12 » In response to the dismissal of the French finance minister Jacques Necker, the radical journalist Camille Desmoulins gives a speech which results in the storming of the Bastille two days later.
  • August 28 » William Herschel discovers a new moon of Saturn: Enceladus.
  • September 24 » The United States Congress passes the Judiciary Act, creating the office of the Attorney General and federal judiciary system and ordering the composition of the Supreme Court.
  • September 26 » George Washington appoints Thomas Jefferson the first United States Secretary of State.
  • October 3 » George Washington proclaims a Thanksgiving Day for that year.
  • October 6 » French Revolution: King Louis XVI is forced to change his residence from Versailles to the Tuileries Palace.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1703 » Henry Winstanley, English painter and engineer (b. 1644)
• 1754 » Abraham de Moivre, French-English mathematician and theorist (b. 1667)
• 1811 » Andrew Meikle, Scottish engineer, designed the threshing machine (b. 1719)
• 1819 » Gustavus Conyngham, Irish-born American merchant sea captain, an officer in the Continental Navy and a privateer.
• 1830 » André Parmentier, Belgian-American architect (b. 1780)
• 1852 » Ada Lovelace, English mathematician and computer scientist (b. 1815)