Sluzigers (e.a.) » Catharina van Berkum (1742-1782)

Christening day June 6, 1742

• The temperature on June 6, 1742 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: helder. 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 1742: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 24 » Charles VII Albert becomes Holy Roman Emperor.
  • February 16 » Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington, becomes British Prime Minister.
  • April 13 » George Frideric Handel's oratorio Messiah makes its world-premiere in Dublin, Ireland.

Day of marriage October 6, 1762

• The temperature on October 6, 1762 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northeast. Weather type: geheel 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)
• Regent Lodewijk Ernst (Hertog van Brunswijk-Wolfenbüttel) was from 1759 till 1766 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• In the year 1762: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 4 » Great Britain declares war on Spain, thus entering the Seven Years' War.
  • March 10 » French Huguenot Jean Calas, who had been wrongly convicted of killing his son, dies after being tortured by authorities; the event inspired Voltaire to begin a campaign for religious tolerance and legal reform.
  • May 22 » Sweden and Prussia sign the Treaty of Hamburg.
  • June 6 » In the Seven Years' War, British forces begin the Siege of Havana and temporarily capture the city.
  • July 9 » Catherine the Great becomes Empress of Russia following the coup against her husband, Peter III.
  • July 17 » Former emperor Peter III of Russia is murdered.

Day of death December 6, 1782

• The temperature on December 6, 1782 was about -1.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southeast. Weather type: 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 1782: Source: Wikipedia
  • April 6 » King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke (Rama I) of Siam (modern day Thailand) establishes the Chakri dynasty.
  • April 19 » John Adams secures the Dutch Republic's recognition of the United States as an independent government. The house which he had purchased in The Hague, Netherlands becomes the first American embassy.
  • June 20 » The U.S. Congress adopts the Great Seal of the United States.
  • August 7 » George Washington orders the creation of the Badge of Military Merit to honor soldiers wounded in battle. It is later renamed to the more poetic Purple Heart.
  • August 19 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of Blue Licks: The last major engagement of the war, almost ten months after the surrender of the British commander Charles Cornwallis following the Siege of Yorktown.
  • November 30 » American Revolutionary War: Treaty of Paris: In Paris, representatives from the United States and Great Britain sign preliminary peace articles (later formalized as the 1783 Treaty of Paris).

Source: Wikipedia

• 1716 » Benedictus Buns, Dutch priest and composer (b. 1642)
• 1718 » Nicholas Rowe, English poet and playwright (b. 1674)
• 1746 » Lady Grizel Baillie, Scottish poet and songwriter (b. 1665)
• 1771 » Giovanni Battista Morgagni, Italian anatomist and pathologist (b. 1682)
• 1779 » Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, French painter (b. 1699)
• 1788 » Jonathan Shipley, English bishop (b. 1714)