Ancestors Boers » Maria Dominica Forchetti (1755-> 1761)

Birthday September 10, 1755

• The temperature on September 10, 1755 was about 11.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: zeer 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 1755: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 13 » Treaty of Giyanti signed by VOC, Pakubuwono III and Prince Mangkubumi. The treaty divides the Javanese kingdom of Mataram into 2: Sunanate of Surakarta and Sultanate of Yogyakarta.
  • April 2 » Commodore William James captures the Maratha fortress of Suvarnadurg on west coast of India.
  • April 15 » Samuel Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language is published in London.
  • June 16 » French and Indian War: The French surrender Fort Beauséjour to the British, leading to the expulsion of the Acadians.
  • August 10 » Under the orders of Charles Lawrence, the British Army begins to forcibly deport the Acadians from Nova Scotia to the Thirteen Colonies.
  • November 1 » In Portugal, Lisbon is totally devastated by a massive earthquake and tsunami, killing between 60,000 and 90,000 people.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1753 » John Soane, English architect and academic, designed the Royal Academy and Freemasons' Hall († 1837)
• 1758 » Hannah Webster Foster, American author († 1840)
• 1786 » Nicolás Bravo, Mexican soldier and politician, 11th President of Mexico († 1854)
• 1786 » William Mason, American surgeon and politician († 1860)
• 1788 » Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes, French archaeologist and author († 1868)
• 1793 » Harriet Arbuthnot, English diarist († 1834)