Genealogieën vanuit de Antwerpse Rupelstreek » Petrus Franciscus Nauwelaers (1780-????)

Birthday March 31, 1780

• The temperature on March 31, 1780 was about 8.0 °C. There was 48 mm of rainWind direction mainly west-southwest. 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 1780: Source: Wikipedia
  • May 19 » New England's Dark Day, an unusual darkening of the day sky, was observed over the New England states and parts of Canada.
  • June 23 » American Revolution: Battle of Springfield fought in and around Springfield, New Jersey (including Short Hills, formerly of Springfield, now of Millburn Township).
  • August 22 » James Cook's ship HMSResolution returns to England (Cook having been killed on Hawaii during the voyage).
  • October 16 » American Revolutionary War: The British-led Royalton raid is the last Native American raid on New England.
  • October 16 » The Great Hurricane of 1780 finishes after its sixth day, killing between 20,000 and 24,000 residents of the Lesser Antilles.
  • November 5 » French-American forces under Colonel LaBalme are defeated by Miami Chief Little Turtle.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1777 » Charles Cagniard de la Tour, French physicist and engineer († 1859)
• 1778 » Coenraad Jacob Temminck, Dutch zoologist and ornithologist († 1858)
• 1794 » Thomas McKean Thompson McKennan, American lawyer and politician, 2nd United States Secretary of the Interior († 1852)
• 1809 » Edward FitzGerald, English poet and translator († 1883)
• 1809 » Nikolai Gogol, Ukrainian-Russian short story writer, novelist, and playwright († 1852)
• 1809 » Otto Lindblad, Swedish composer († 1864)