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Christening day March 15, 1711

• The temperature on March 15, 1711 was about 8.0 °C. 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 1711: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 24 » The London première of Rinaldo by George Frideric Handel, the first Italian opera written for the London stage.
  • August 22 » Britain's Quebec Expedition loses eight ships and almost nine hundred soldiers, sailors and women to rocks at Pointe-aux-Anglais.
  • September 22 » The Tuscarora War begins in present-day North Carolina.

Day of marriage July 8, 1758

• The temperature on July 8, 1758 was about 16.0 °C. There was 66 mm of rainWind direction mainly west. Weather type: geheel 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)
• Regentes Anna (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1759 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• In the year 1758: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 4 » The city of Macapá in Brazil is founded by Sebastião Veiga Cabral.
  • May 21 » Ten-year-old Mary Campbell is abducted in Pennsylvania by Lenape during the French and Indian War. She is returned six and a half years later.
  • June 12 » French and Indian War: Siege of Louisbourg: James Wolfe's attack at Louisbourg, Nova Scotia, commences.
  • June 30 » Seven Years' War: Habsburg Austrian forces destroy a Prussian reinforcement and supply convoy in the Battle of Domstadtl, helping to expel Prussian King Frederick the Great from Moravia.
  • August 25 » Seven Years' War: Frederick II of Prussia defeats the Russian army at the Battle of Zorndorf.
  • August 29 » The Treaty of Easton establishes the first American Indian reservation, at Indian Mills, New Jersey, for the Lenape.

Day of death June 7, 1781

• The temperature on June 7, 1781 was about 15.0 °C. There was 88 mm of rainWind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: regen zeer half bewolkt 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)
• In the year 1781: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 1 » American Revolutionary War: One thousand five hundred soldiers of the 6th Pennsylvania Regiment under General Anthony Wayne's command rebel against the Continental Army's winter camp in Morristown, New Jersey in the Pennsylvania Line Mutiny of 1781.
  • February 18 » Fourth Anglo-Dutch War: Captain Thomas Shirley opens his expedition against Dutch colonial outposts on the Gold Coast of Africa (present-day Ghana).
  • March 1 » The Articles of Confederation goes into effect in the United States.
  • March 13 » William Herschel discovers Uranus.
  • October 17 » American Revolutionary War: British General Charles, Earl Cornwallis surrenders at the Siege of Yorktown.
  • October 19 » American Revolutionary War: The siege of Yorktown comes to an end.

Day of burial June 13, 1781

• The temperature on June 13, 1781 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: omtrent helder. 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 1781: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 1 » American Revolutionary War: One thousand five hundred soldiers of the 6th Pennsylvania Regiment under General Anthony Wayne's command rebel against the Continental Army's winter camp in Morristown, New Jersey in the Pennsylvania Line Mutiny of 1781.
  • January 5 » American Revolutionary War: Richmond, Virginia, is burned by British naval forces led by Benedict Arnold.
  • January 6 » In the Battle of Jersey, the British defeat the last attempt by France to invade Jersey in the Channel Islands.
  • March 1 » The Articles of Confederation goes into effect in the United States.
  • March 13 » William Herschel discovers Uranus.
  • October 17 » American Revolutionary War: British General Charles, Earl Cornwallis surrenders at the Siege of Yorktown.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1779 » William Warburton, English bishop and critic (b. 1698)
• 1792 » Benjamin Tupper, American general and surveyor (b. 1738)
• 1810 » Luigi Schiavonetti, Italian engraver and etcher (b. 1765)
• 1826 » Joseph von Fraunhofer, German optician, physicist, and astronomer (b. 1787)
• 1840 » Frederick William III of Prussia (b. 1770)
• 1843 » Friedrich Hölderlin, German lyric poet (b. 1770)