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Christening day May 31, 1758

• The temperature on May 31, 1758 was about 12.0 °C. There was 26 mm of rainWind direction mainly east-northeast. 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
  • 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 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.
  • July 8 » French forces hold Fort Carillon against the British at Ticonderoga, New York.
  • August 25 » Seven Years' War: Frederick II of Prussia defeats the Russian army at the Battle of Zorndorf.
  • September 11 » Battle of Saint Cast: France repels British invasion during the Seven Years' War.
  • November 25 » French and Indian War: British forces capture Fort Duquesne from French control. Later, Fort Pitt will be built nearby and grow into modern Pittsburgh.

Day of marriage May 24, 1618

• Stadhouder Prins Maurits (Huis van Oranje) was from 1585 till 1625 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• In the year 1618: Source: Wikipedia
  • March 8 » Johannes Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion.
  • May 15 » Johannes Kepler confirms his previously rejected discovery of the third law of planetary motion (he first discovered it on March 8 but soon rejected the idea after some initial calculations were made).
  • May 23 » The Second Defenestration of Prague precipitates the Thirty Years' War.
  • June 14 » Joris Veseler prints the first Dutch newspaper Courante uyt Italien, Duytslandt, &c. in Amsterdam (approximate date).
  • July 31 » Maurice, Prince of Orange disbands the waardgelders militia in Utrecht, a pivotal event in the Remonstrant/Counter-Remonstrant tensions.
  • October 29 » English adventurer, writer, and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh is beheaded for allegedly conspiring against James I of England.

Day of death June 1, 1673

• Stadhouder Prins Willem III (Huis van Oranje) was from 1672 till 1702 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• In the year 1673: Source: Wikipedia
  • May 17 » Louis Jolliet and Jacques Marquette begin exploring the Mississippi River.
  • June 17 » French explorers Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet reach the Mississippi River and become the first Europeans to make a detailed account of its course.
  • November 11 » Second Battle of Khotyn in Ukraine: Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth forces under the command of Jan Sobieski defeat the Ottoman army. In this battle, rockets made by Kazimierz Siemienowicz are successfully used.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1625 » Honoré d'Urfé, French author and poet (b. 1568)
• 1639 » Melchior Franck, German composer (b. 1579)
• 1660 » Mary Dyer, English-American martyr (b. 1611)
• 1662 » Zhu Youlang, Chinese emperor (b. 1623)
• 1681 » Cornelis Saftleven, Dutch genre painter (b. 1607)
• 1710 » David Mitchell, Scottish admiral and politician (b. 1642)