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Day of marriage December 5, 1758

• The temperature on December 5, 1758 was about 7.0 °C. There was 2 mm of rainWind direction mainly north west from. Weather type: regen 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
  • January 24 » During the Seven Years' War the leading burghers of Königsberg submit to Elizabeth of Russia, thus forming Russian Prussia (until 1763).
  • 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.
  • August 25 » Seven Years' War: Frederick II of Prussia defeats the Russian army at the Battle of Zorndorf.
  • August 29 » The Treaty of Easton establishes the first American Indian reservation, at Indian Mills, New Jersey, for the Lenape.
  • 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 death April 3, 1778

• The temperature on April 3, 1778 was about 11.0 °C. There was 26 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. 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 1778: Source: Wikipedia
  • July 10 » American Revolution: Louis XVI of France declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain.
  • July 28 » Constitution of the province of Cantabria ratified at the Assembly Hall in Bárcena la Puente, Reocín, Spain.
  • August 21 » American Revolutionary War: British forces begin besieging the French outpost at Pondichéry.
  • September 17 » The Treaty of Fort Pitt is signed. It is the first formal treaty between the United States and a Native American tribe.
  • September 19 » The Continental Congress passes the first United States federal budget.
  • December 29 » American Revolutionary War: Three thousand British soldiers under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Campbell capture Savannah, Georgia.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1717 » Jacques Ozanam, French mathematician and academic (b. 1640)
• 1728 » James Anderson, Scottish lawyer and historian (b. 1662)
• 1792 » George Pocock, English admiral (b. 1706)
• 1804 » Jędrzej Kitowicz, Polish priest, historian, and author (b. 1727)
• 1827 » Ernst Chladni, German physicist and academic (b. 1756)
• 1838 » François Carlo Antommarchi, French physician and author (b. 1780)