Genealogy Zeilinga » Elisabeth Haykes Mellema (1748-1777)

Day of marriage May 6, 1774

• The temperature on May 6, 1774 was about 12.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east. Weather type: geheel betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: veel dauw. 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 1774: Source: Wikipedia
  • June 22 » The British pass the Quebec Act, setting out rules of governance for the colony of Quebec in British North America.
  • July 4 » Orangetown Resolutions are adopted in the Province of New York, one of many protests against the British Parliament's Coercive Acts.
  • August 1 » British scientist Joseph Priestley discovers oxygen gas, corroborating the prior discovery of this element by German-Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele.
  • September 4 » New Caledonia is first sighted by Europeans, during the second voyage of Captain James Cook.
  • September 5 » First Continental Congress assembles in Philadelphia.
  • October 21 » The flag of Taunton, Massachusetts is the first to include the word "Liberty".

Day of death December 14, 1777

• The temperature on December 14, 1777 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-southeast. Weather type: betrokken mist. 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 1777: Source: Wikipedia
  • June 13 » American Revolutionary War: Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette lands near Charleston, South Carolina, in order to help the Continental Congress to train its army.
  • June 14 » The Second Continental Congress passes the Flag Act of 1777 adopting the Stars and Stripes as the Flag of the United States.
  • July 31 » The U.S. Second Continental Congress passes a resolution that the services of Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette "be accepted, and that, in consideration of his zeal, illustrious family and connexions, he have the rank and commission of major-general of the United States."
  • November 29 » San Jose, California, is founded as Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe by José Joaquín Moraga. It is the first civilian settlement, or pueblo, in Alta California.
  • December 16 » Virginia becomes the first state to ratify the Articles of Confederation. [1]
  • December 19 » American Revolutionary War: George Washington's Continental Army goes into winter quarters at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1735 » Thomas Tanner, English bishop and historian (b. 1674)
• 1741 » Charles Rollin, French historian and educator (b. 1661)
• 1785 » Giovanni Battista Cipriani, Italian painter and engraver (b. 1727)
• 1788 » Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, German pianist and composer (b. 1714)
• 1788 » Charles III of Spain (b. 1716)
• 1799 » George Washington, American general and politician, 1st President of the United States (b. 1732)