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Christening day May 17, 1612

• 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 1612: Source: Wikipedia
  • April 13 » Miyamoto Musashi defeats Sasaki Kojirō at Funajima island.
  • August 18 » The trial of the Pendle witches, one of England's most famous witch trials, begins at Lancaster Assizes.
  • August 19 » The "Samlesbury witches", three women from the Lancashire village of Samlesbury, England, are put on trial, accused of practicing witchcraft, one of the most famous witch trials in British history.
  • September 8 » The foundation day in São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil.
  • November 1 » During the Time of Troubles, Polish troops are expelled from Moscow's Kitay-gorod by Russian troops under the command of Dmitry Pozharsky (22 October O.S.).
  • November 29 » The Battle of Swally takes place, which loosens the Portuguese Empire's hold on India.

Day of marriage January 16, 1788

• The temperature on January 16, 1788 was about 2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. 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 1788: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 9 » Connecticut becomes the fifth state to ratify the Constitution.
  • January 20 » The third and main part of First Fleet arrives at Botany Bay. Arthur Phillip decides that Port Jackson is a more suitable location for a colony.
  • February 6 » Massachusetts becomes the sixth state to ratify the United States Constitution.
  • February 9 » The Habsburg Empire joins the Russo-Turkish War in the Russian camp.
  • May 23 » South Carolina ratifies the United States Constitution as the eighth American state.
  • July 26 » New York ratifies the United States Constitution and becomes the 11th state of the United States.

Day of death March 31, 1792

• The temperature on March 31, 1792 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: omtrent helder. 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 1792: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 20 » The Postal Service Act, establishing the United States Post Office Department, is signed by United States President George Washington.
  • April 5 » United States President George Washington exercises his authority to veto a bill, the first time this power is used in the United States.
  • April 21 » Tiradentes, a revolutionary leading a movement for Brazil's independence, is hanged, drawn and quartered.
  • August 16 » Maximilien de Robespierre presents the petition of the Commune of Paris to the Legislative Assembly, which demanded the formation of a revolutionary tribunal.
  • September 11 » The Hope Diamond is stolen along with other French crown jewels when six men break into the house where they are stored.
  • December 11 » French Revolution: King Louis XVI of France is put on trial for treason by the National Convention.

Day of burial October 24, 1792

• The temperature on October 24, 1792 was about 11.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northwest. 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 1792: Source: Wikipedia
  • April 20 » France declares war against the "King of Hungary and Bohemia", the beginning of French Revolutionary Wars.
  • April 25 » "La Marseillaise" (the French national anthem) is composed by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle.
  • April 28 » France invades the Austrian Netherlands (present day Belgium and Luxembourg), beginning the French Revolutionary Wars.
  • May 17 » The New York Stock Exchange is formed under the Buttonwood Agreement.
  • August 13 » King Louis XVI of France is formally arrested by the National Tribunal, and declared an enemy of the people.
  • September 22 » Primidi Vendémiaire of year one of the French Republican Calendar as the French First Republic comes into being.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1741 » Pieter Burman the Elder, Dutch scholar and author (b. 1668)
• 1751 » Frederick, Prince of Wales, Hanoverian-born heir to the British throne (b. 1707)
• 1797 » Olaudah Equiano, Nigerian merchant, author, and activist (b.1745)
• 1837 » John Constable, English painter and educator (b. 1776)
• 1850 » John C. Calhoun, American lawyer and politician, 7th Vice President of the United States (b. 1782)
• 1855 » Charlotte Brontë, English novelist and poet (b. 1816)