Kolks Family Tree » Christine Marie Engel Hempelmann (1791-????)

Birthday October 13, 1791

• The temperature on October 13, 1791 was about 11.0 °C. There was 26 mm of rainWind direction mainly north-northeast. 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)
• In the year 1791: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 18 » Congress passes a law admitting the state of Vermont to the Union, effective 4 March, after that state had existed for 14 years as a de facto independent largely unrecognized state.
  • May 15 » French Revolution: Maximilien Robespierre proposes the Self-denying Ordinance.
  • July 14 » The Priestley Riots drive Joseph Priestley, a supporter of the French Revolution, out of Birmingham, England.
  • September 5 » Olympe de Gouges writes the Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen.
  • November 4 » Northwest Indian War: The Western Confederacy of American Indians wins a major victory over the United States in the Battle of the Wabash.
  • December 15 » The United States Bill of Rights becomes law when ratified by the Virginia General Assembly.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1756 » James Gambier, 1st Baron Gambier, English admiral and politician, 36th Commodore Governor of Newfoundland († 1833)
• 1768 » Jacques Félix Emmanuel Hamelin, French admiral and explorer († 1839)
• 1820 » John William Dawson, Canadian geologist and academic († 1899)
• 1821 » Rudolf Virchow, German physician, biologist, and politician († 1902)
• 1825 » Charles Frederick Worth, English fashion designer, founded House of Worth († 1895)
• 1844 » Ernest Myers, English poet and author († 1921)