Genealogy Kuipers » Martha de Blocq Van Scheltinga (1743-1765)

Christening day October 24, 1743

• The temperature on October 24, 1743 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: zeer betrokken regen. 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 1743: Source: Wikipedia
  • May 12 » Maria Theresa of Austria is crowned Queen of Bohemia after defeating her rival, Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor.
  • May 19 » Jean-Pierre Christin developed the centigrade temperature scale.
  • June 27 » In the Battle of Dettingen, George II becomes the last reigning British monarch to participate in a battle.
  • September 13 » Great Britain, Austria and the Kingdom of Sardinia sign the Treaty of Worms.

Day of marriage July 17, 1763

• The temperature on July 17, 1763 was about 16.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: omtrent helder 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)
• Regent Lodewijk Ernst (Hertog van Brunswijk-Wolfenbüttel) was from 1759 till 1766 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• In the year 1763: Source: Wikipedia
  • May 7 » Pontiac's War begins with Pontiac's attempt to seize Fort Detroit from the British.
  • July 31 » Odawa Chief Pontiac's forces defeat British troops at the Battle of Bloody Run during Pontiac's War.
  • August 5 » Pontiac's War: Battle of Bushy Run: British forces led by Henry Bouquet defeat Chief Pontiac's Indians at Bushy Run.
  • September 1 » Catherine II of Russia endorses Ivan Betskoy's plans for a Foundling Home in Moscow.
  • September 14 » Seneca warriors defeat British forces at the Battle of Devil's Hole during Pontiac's War.
  • December 2 » Dedication of the Touro Synagogue, in Newport, Rhode Island, the first synagogue in what will become the United States.

Day of death March 10, 1765

• The temperature on March 10, 1765 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east by south. Weather type: betrokken regen. 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)
• Regent Lodewijk Ernst (Hertog van Brunswijk-Wolfenbüttel) was from 1759 till 1766 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• In the year 1765: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 25 » Port Egmont, the first British settlement in the Falkland Islands near the southern tip of South America, is founded.
  • March 9 » After a campaign by the writer Voltaire, judges in Paris posthumously exonerate Jean Calas of murdering his son. Calas had been tortured and executed in 1762 on the charge, though his son may have actually committed suicide.
  • March 22 » The British Parliament passes the Stamp Act that introduces a tax to be levied directly on its American colonies.
  • March 24 » Great Britain passes the Quartering Act, which requires the Thirteen Colonies to house British troops.
  • August 12 » Treaty of Allahabad is signed. The Treaty marks the political and constitutional involvement and the beginning of Company rule in India.
  • November 1 » The British Parliament enacts the Stamp Act on the Thirteen Colonies in order to help pay for British military operations in North America.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1682 » Jacob van Ruisdael, Dutch painter and etcher (b. 1628)
• 1724 » Urban Hjärne, Swedish chemist, geologist, and physician (b. 1641)
• 1776 » Élie Catherine Fréron, French author and critic (b. 1718)
• 1792 » John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, Scottish politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1713)
• 1826 » John Pinkerton, Scottish antiquarian, cartographer, author, numismatist and historian (b. 1758)
• 1832 » Muzio Clementi, Italian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1752)