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Day of marriage April 17, 1760

• The temperature on April 17, 1760 was about 9.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: regen 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 1760: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 9 » Ahmad Shah Durrani defeats the Marathas in the Battle of Barari Ghat.
  • June 4 » Great Upheaval: New England planters arrive to claim land in Nova Scotia, Canada, taken from the Acadians.
  • June 27 » Anglo-Cherokee War: Cherokee warriors defeat British forces at the Battle of Echoee near present-day Otto, North Carolina.
  • October 9 » Seven Years' War: Russian and Austrian troops briefly occupy Berlin.
  • October 10 » In a treaty with the Dutch colonial authorities, the Ndyuka people of Suriname - descended from escaped slaves - gain territorial autonomy.
  • November 18 » The rebuilt debtors' prison, at the Castellania in Valletta, receives the first prisoners.

Day of death November 26, 1777

• The temperature on November 26, 1777 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west. Weather type: betrokken donker. 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 1777: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 15 » American Revolutionary War: New Connecticut (present-day Vermont) declares its independence.
  • March 8 » Regiments from Ansbach and Bayreuth, sent to support Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War, mutiny in the town of Ochsenfurt.
  • June 13 » American Revolutionary War: Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette lands near Charleston, South Carolina, in order to help the Continental Congress to train its army.
  • July 7 » American forces retreating from Fort Ticonderoga are defeated in the Battle of Hubbardton.
  • August 6 » American Revolutionary War: The bloody Battle of Oriskany prevents American relief of the Siege of Fort Stanwix.
  • August 22 » British forces abandon the Siege of Fort Stanwix after hearing rumors of Continental Army reinforcements.

Day of burial December 2, 1777

• The temperature on December 2, 1777 was about 7.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: regen omtrent helder. Special wheather fenomena: noorderlicht. 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 1777: Source: Wikipedia
  • April 26 » Sybil Ludington, aged 16, rode 40 miles (64km) to alert American colonial forces to the approach of the British regular forces
  • July 6 » American Revolutionary War: Siege of Fort Ticonderoga: After a bombardment by British artillery under General John Burgoyne, American forces retreat from Fort Ticonderoga, New York.
  • September 11 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of Brandywine: The British celebrate a major victory in Chester County, Pennsylvania.
  • October 7 » American Revolutionary War: The Americans defeat the British in the Second Battle of Saratoga, also known as the Battle of Bemis Heights.
  • November 17 » Articles of Confederation (United States) are submitted to the states for ratification.
  • December 17 » American Revolution: France formally recognizes the United States.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1717 » Daniel Purcell, English organist and composer (b. 1664)
• 1719 » John Hudson, English librarian and scholar (b. 1662)
• 1780 » James Steuart, Scottish economist and educator (b. 1712)
• 1829 » Thomas Buck Reed, American lawyer and politician (b. 1787)
• 1836 » John Loudon McAdam, Scottish engineer (b. 1756)
• 1851 » Jean-de-Dieu Soult, French general and politician, 12th Prime Minister of France (b. 1769)