Stambomen Besseling/k & Kraaijvanger » Willem Besseling (1750-1793)

Day of marriage April 25, 1779

• The temperature on April 25, 1779 was about 9.0 °C. There was 24 mm of rainWind direction mainly north west from. Weather type: geheel betrokken regen. 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 1779: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 14 » James Cook is killed by Native Hawaiians near Kealakekua on the Island of Hawaii.
  • March 3 » American Revolutionary War: The Continental Army is routed at the Battle of Brier Creek near Savannah, Georgia.
  • June 16 » Spain declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain, and the Great Siege of Gibraltar begins.
  • June 24 » American Revolutionary War: The Great Siege of Gibraltar begins.
  • August 13 » American Revolutionary War: The Royal Navy defeats the Penobscot Expedition with the most significant loss of United States naval forces prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor.
  • September 23 » American Revolution: John Paul Jones, naval commander of the United States, on board the USSBonhomme Richard, wins the Battle of Flamborough Head.

Day of death May 25, 1793

• The temperature on May 25, 1793 was about 9.0 °C. There was 48 mm of rainWind direction mainly north. 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 9 » Jean-Pierre Blanchard becomes the first person to fly in a balloon in the United States.
  • June 10 » The Jardin des Plantes museum opens in Paris. A year later, it becomes the first public zoo.
  • September 5 » French Revolution: The French National Convention initiates the Reign of Terror.
  • September 8 » French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Hondschoote.
  • October 12 » The cornerstone of Old East, the oldest state university building in the United States, is laid at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
  • December 25 » General "Mad Anthony" Wayne and a 300 man detachment identify the site of St. Clair's 1791 defeat by the large number of unburied human remains at modern Fort Recovery, Ohio.

Day of burial May 31, 1793

• The temperature on May 31, 1793 was about 6.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly 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 1793: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 21 » After being found guilty of treason by the French National Convention, Louis XVI of France is executed by guillotine.
  • May 23 » Battle of Famars during the Flanders Campaign of the War of the First Coalition.
  • June 10 » French Revolution: Following the arrests of Girondin leaders, the Jacobins gain control of the Committee of Public Safety installing the revolutionary dictatorship.
  • September 18 » The first cornerstone of the United States Capitol is laid by George Washington.
  • December 18 » Surrender of the frigate La Lutine by French Royalists to Lord Samuel Hood; renamed HMSLutine, she later becomes a famous treasure wreck.
  • December 25 » General "Mad Anthony" Wayne and a 300 man detachment identify the site of St. Clair's 1791 defeat by the large number of unburied human remains at modern Fort Recovery, Ohio.

Source: Wikipedia

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