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Day of marriage September 26, 1736

• The temperature on September 26, 1736 was about 12.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken regen. 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 1736: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 26 » Stanislaus I of Poland abdicates his throne.
  • March 8 » Nader Shah, founder of the Afsharid dynasty, is crowned Shah of Iran.
  • April 15 » Foundation of the Kingdom of Corsica.
  • May 26 » The Battle of Ackia was fought near the present site of Tupelo, Mississippi. British and Chickasaw soldiers repelled a French and Choctaw attack on the then-Chickasaw village of Ackia.
  • October 16 » Mathematician William Whiston's predicted comet fails to strike the Earth.

Day of death May 2, 1777

• The temperature on May 2, 1777 was about 19.0 °C. There was 26 mm of rainWind direction mainly east by south. Weather type: 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 1777: Source: Wikipedia
  • September 26 » American Revolution: British troops occupy Philadelphia.
  • October 22 » American Revolutionary War: American defenders of Fort Mercer on the Delaware River repulse repeated Hessian attacks in the Battle of Red Bank.
  • November 15 » American Revolutionary War: After 16 months of debate the Continental Congress approves the Articles of Confederation.
  • November 17 » Articles of Confederation (United States) are submitted to the states for ratification.
  • November 29 » San Jose, California, is founded as Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe by José Joaquín Moraga. It is the first civilian settlement, or pueblo, in Alta California.
  • December 19 » American Revolutionary War: George Washington's Continental Army goes into winter quarters at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania.

Day of burial May 3, 1777

• The temperature on May 3, 1777 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south by west. Weather type: 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 1777: Source: Wikipedia
  • April 26 » Sybil Ludington, aged 16, rode 40 miles (64km) to alert American colonial forces to the approach of the British regular forces
  • June 13 » American Revolutionary War: Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette lands near Charleston, South Carolina, in order to help the Continental Congress to train its army.
  • August 6 » American Revolutionary War: The bloody Battle of Oriskany prevents American relief of the Siege of Fort Stanwix.
  • August 22 » British forces abandon the Siege of Fort Stanwix after hearing rumors of Continental Army reinforcements.
  • September 3 » American Revolutionary War: During the Battle of Cooch's Bridge, the Flag of the United States is flown in battle for the first time.
  • October 17 » American Revolutionary War: British General John Burgoyne surrenders his army at Saratoga, New York.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1711 » Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester, English politician, First Lord of the Treasury (b. 1641)
• 1799 » Juan Vicente de Güemes, 2nd Count of Revillagigedo (b. 1740)
• 1802 » Herman Willem Daendels, Dutch general and politician, Governor-General of the Dutch Gold Coast (b. 1762)
• 1810 » Henry Jerome de Salis, English priest (b. 1740)
• 1819 » Mary Moser, English painter and academic (b. 1744)
• 1857 » Alfred de Musset, French dramatist, poet, and novelist (b. 1810)