Poole Ancestor Tree » Margaret Patience Withers (Wheathers) (1683-1787)

Day of death January 9, 1787

• The temperature on January 9, 1787 was about 2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: betrokken mist. 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 1787: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 25 » Shays's Rebellion: The rebellion's largest confrontation, outside the Springfield Armory, results in the killing of four rebels and the wounding of twenty.
  • May 25 » After a delay of 11 days, the United States Constitutional Convention formally convenes in Philadelphia after a quorum of seven states is secured.
  • June 20 » Oliver Ellsworth moves at the Federal Convention to call the government the 'United States'.
  • August 6 » Sixty proof sheets of the Constitution of the United States are delivered to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  • September 17 » The United States Constitution is signed in Philadelphia.
  • December 7 » Delaware becomes the first state to ratify the United States Constitution.

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• 1762 » Antonio de Benavides, colonial governor of Florida (b. 1678)
• 1766 » Thomas Birch, English historian and author (b. 1705)
• 1799 » Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian mathematician and philosopher (b. 1718)
• 1800 » Jean Étienne Championnet, French general (b. 1762)
• 1805 » Noble Wimberly Jones, American physician and politician (b. 1723)