Lalock Family tree » Sarah Sally LUCAS (1770-1852)

Birthday October 16, 1770

• The temperature on October 16, 1770 was about 12.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. 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)
• In the year 1770: Source: Wikipedia
  • April 19 » Captain James Cook, still holding the rank of lieutenant, sights the eastern coast of what is now Australia.
  • May 16 » The 14-year-old Marie Antoinette marries 15-year-old Louis-Auguste, who later becomes king of France.
  • May 26 » The Orlov Revolt, an attempt to revolt against the Ottoman Empire before the Greek War of Independence, ends in disaster for the Greeks.
  • June 19 » New Church Day: Emanuel Swedenborg writes: "The Lord sent forth His twelve disciples, who followed Him in the world into the whole spiritual world to preach the Gospel that the Lord God Jesus Christ reign. This took place on the 19th day of June, in the year 1770."
  • July 1 » Lexell's Comet is seen closer to the Earth than any other comet in recorded history, approaching to a distance of 0.0146 astronomical units (2,180,000km; 1,360,000mi).
  • July 5 » The Battle of Chesma between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire begins.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1752 » Johann Gottfried Eichhorn, German theologian and academic († 1827)
• 1754 » Morgan Lewis, American general, lawyer, and politician, 3rd Governor of New York († 1844)
• 1758 » Noah Webster, American lexicographer († 1843)
• 1762 » Paul Hamilton, American soldier and politician, 3rd United States Secretary of the Navy († 1816)
• 1789 » William Burton, American physician and politician, 39th Governor of Delaware († 1866)
• 1795 » William Buell Sprague, American minister, historian, and author († 1876)