RanHam Tree » Jane Washington (1759-1791)

Personal data Jane Washington 

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  • She was born on June 20, 1759 in Bushfield, Westmoreland, Virginia, United States.
  • She died on August 16, 1791 in Sweet Springs, Westmoreland, Virginia, United States, she was 32 years old.

Household of Jane Washington

She had a relationship with Charles Riggins.

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Birthday June 20, 1759

  • The temperature on June 20, 1759 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southeast. 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)
  • 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 1759: Source: Wikipedia
    • May 1 » Josiah Wedgwood founds the Wedgwood pottery company in Great Britain.
    • July 25 » French and Indian War: In Western New York, British forces capture Fort Niagara from the French, who subsequently abandon Fort Rouillé.
    • August 1 » Seven Years' War: The Battle of Minden, an allied Anglo-German army victory over the French. In Britain this was one of a number of events that constituted the Annus Mirabilis of 1759 and is celebrated as Minden Day by certain British Army regiments.
    • September 13 » Battle of the Plains of Abraham: the British defeat the French near Quebec City in the Seven Years' War, known in the United States as the French and Indian War.
    • November 25 » An earthquake hits the Mediterranean destroying Beirut and Damascus and killing 30,000-40,000.
    • December 31 » Arthur Guinness signs a 9,000 year lease at £45 per annum and starts brewing Guinness.

Day of death August 16, 1791

  • The temperature on August 16, 1791 was about 22.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. 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 1791: Source: Wikipedia
    • July 17 » Members of the French National Guard under the command of General Lafayette open fire on a crowd of radical Jacobins at the Champ de Mars, Paris, during the French Revolution, killing scores of people.
    • August 21 » A Vodou ceremony, led by Dutty Boukman, turns into a violent slave rebellion, beginning the Haitian Revolution.
    • August 26 » John Fitch is granted a United States patent for the steamboat.
    • August 30 » HMSPandora sinks after having run aground on the outer Great Barrier Reef the previous day.
    • September 30 » The first performance of Mozart's opera The Magic Flute takes place two months before his death.
    • December 15 » The United States Bill of Rights becomes law when ratified by the Virginia General Assembly.


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