Riches to Rags Family Tree » Maria Catarina Seltzer (1735-1793)

Christening day May 6, 1736

• The temperature on May 6, 1736 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east. Weather type: betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: bliksem donder. Source: KNMI
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  Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• In the year 1736: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 26 » Stanislaus I of Poland abdicates his throne.
  • March 8 » Nader Shah, founder of the Afsharid dynasty, is crowned Shah of Iran.
  • April 15 » Foundation of the Kingdom of Corsica.
  • May 26 » The Battle of Ackia was fought near the present site of Tupelo, Mississippi. British and Chickasaw soldiers repelled a French and Choctaw attack on the then-Chickasaw village of Ackia.
  • October 16 » Mathematician William Whiston's predicted comet fails to strike the Earth.

Day of marriage April 28, 1773

• The temperature on April 28, 1773 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north. Weather type: mottig omtrent helder. Special wheather fenomena: wat dauw. 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 1773: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 17 » Captain James Cook leads the first expedition to sail south of the Antarctic Circle.
  • May 10 » The Parliament of Great Britain passes the Tea Act, designed to save the British East India Company by reducing taxes on its tea and granting it the right to sell tea directly to North America. The legislation leads to the Boston Tea Party.
  • June 17 » Cúcuta, Colombia, is founded by Juana Rangel de Cuéllar.
  • October 12 » America's first insane asylum opens.
  • October 14 » The first recorded ministry of education, the Commission of National Education, is formed in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
  • December 16 » American Revolution: Boston Tea Party: Members of the Sons of Liberty disguised as Mohawk Indians dump hundreds of crates of tea into Boston harbor as a protest against the Tea Act.

Day of death July 20, 1793

• The temperature on July 20, 1793 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-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 1793: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 13 » Nicolas Jean Hugon de Bassville, representative of Revolutionary France, lynched by a mob in Rome
  • March 18 » Flanders Campaign of the French Revolution, Battle of Neerwinden.
  • April 6 » During the French Revolution, the Committee of Public Safety becomes the executive organ of the republic.
  • May 15 » Diego Marín Aguilera flies a glider for "about 360 meters", at a height of 5–6 meters, during one of the first attempted manned flights.
  • July 9 » The Act Against Slavery in Upper Canada bans the importation of slaves and will free those who are born into slavery after the passage of the Act at 25 years of age.
  • October 16 » French Revolution: Queen Marie Antoinette is executed.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1704 » Peregrine White, English-American farmer and soldier (b. 1620)
• 1752 » Johann Christoph Pepusch, German-English composer and theorist (b. 1667)
• 1816 » Gavrila Derzhavin, Russian poet and politician (b. 1743)
• 1866 » Bernhard Riemann, German mathematician and academic (b. 1826)
• 1897 » Jean Ingelow, English poet and author (b. 1820)
• 1901 » William Cosmo Monkhouse, English poet and critic (b. 1840)