Olson's Tree » Charles Carnan Ridgely Jr (1783-1819)

Birthday August 26, 1783

• The temperature on August 26, 1783 was about 15.0 °C. There was 66 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 1783: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 20 » The Kingdom of Great Britain signed preliminary articles of peace with France, setting the stage to the official end of hostilities in the American Revolutionary War later that year.
  • February 3 » Spain–United States relations are first established.
  • March 15 » In an emotional speech in Newburgh, New York, George Washington asks his officers not to support the Newburgh Conspiracy. The plea is successful and the threatened coup d'état never takes place.
  • May 18 » First United Empire Loyalists reach Parrtown (later called Saint John, New Brunswick), Canada, after leaving the United States.
  • October 15 » The Montgolfier brothers' hot air balloon makes the first human ascent, piloted by Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier.
  • November 25 » American Revolutionary War: The last British troops leave New York City three months after the signing of the Treaty of Paris.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1743 » Antoine Lavoisier, French chemist and biologist († 1794)
• 1751 » Manuel Abad y Queipo, Spanish-born Mexican bishop († 1825)
• 1775 » William Joseph Behr, German publicist and academic († 1851)
• 1792 » Manuel Oribe, Uruguayan soldier and politician, 4th President of Uruguay († 1857)
• 1797 » Saint Innocent of Alaska, Russian Orthodox missionary priest, then the first Orthodox bishop and archbishop in the Americas, and finally the Metropolitan of Moscow and all Russia († 1879)
• 1819 » Albert, Prince Consort of the United Kingdom († 1861)