Family tree Blom » Christina ten Pol (1775-????)

Birthday May 27, 1775

• The temperature on May 27, 1775 was about 10.0 °C. There was 44 mm of rainWind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: regen helder bui. 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 1775: Source: Wikipedia
  • April 14 » The first abolition society in North America is established. The Society for the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully Held in Bondage is organized in Philadelphia by Benjamin Franklin and Benjamin Rush.
  • April 19 » American Revolutionary War: The war begins with an American victory in Concord during the battles of Lexington and Concord.
  • June 11 » The American Revolutionary War's first naval engagement, the Battle of Machias, results in the capture of a small British naval vessel.
  • September 8 » The unsuccessful Rising of the Priests in Malta.
  • September 25 » American Revolution: Ethan Allen surrenders to British forces after attempting to capture Montreal during the Battle of Longue-Pointe.
  • October 27 » King George III expands on his Proclamation of Rebellion in the Thirteen Colonies in his speech from the throne at the opening of Parliament.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1738 » Nathaniel Gorham, American merchant and politician, 14th President of the Continental Congress († 1796)
• 1756 » Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria († 1825)
• 1774 » Francis Beaufort, Irish hydrographer and officer in the Royal Navy († 1857)
• 1794 » Cornelius Vanderbilt, American businessman and philanthropist († 1877)
• 1814 » John Rudolph Niernsee, Viennese-born American architect (d.1885)
• 1815 » Henry Parkes, English-Australian politician, 7th Premier of New South Wales († 1896)