Family tree De Backer - Evers » Henricus de Backer (1727-1776)

Day of marriage July 6, 1757

• The temperature on July 6, 1757 was about 20.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east by south. Weather type: omtrent helder. 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)
• Regentes Anna (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1759 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• In the year 1757: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 5 » Louis XV of France survives an assassination attempt by Robert-François Damiens, the last person to be executed in France by drawing and quartering, the traditional and gruesome form of capital punishment used for regicides.
  • January 16 » Forces of the Maratha Empire defeat a 5,000-strong army of the Durrani Empire in the Battle of Narela.
  • June 18 » Battle of Kolín between Prussian forces under Frederick the Great and an Austrian army under the command of Field Marshal Count Leopold Joseph von Daun in the Seven Years' War.
  • June 23 » Battle of Plassey: Three thousand British troops under Robert Clive defeat a 50,000-strong Indian army under Siraj ud-Daulah at Plassey.
  • November 5 » Seven Years' War: Frederick the Great defeats the allied armies of France and the Holy Roman Empire at the Battle of Rossbach.
  • December 5 » Seven Years' War: Battle of Leuthen: Frederick II of Prussia leads Prussian forces to a decisive victory over Austrian forces under Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine.

Day of death January 6, 1776

• The temperature on January 6, 1776 was about 0.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. 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 1776: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 1 » American Revolutionary War: Norfolk, Virginia is burned by combined Royal Navy and Continental Army action.
  • March 17 » American Revolution: The British Army evacuates Boston, ending the Siege of Boston, after George Washington and Henry Knox place artillery in positions overlooking the city.
  • June 7 » Richard Henry Lee presents the "Lee Resolution" to the Continental Congress. The motion is seconded by John Adams and will lead to the United States Declaration of Independence.
  • June 12 » The Virginia Declaration of Rights is adopted.
  • December 7 » Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, arranges to enter the American military as a major general.
  • December 25 » George Washington and the Continental Army cross the Delaware River at night to attack Hessian forces serving Great Britain at Trenton, New Jersey, the next day.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1725 » Chikamatsu Monzaemon, Japanese actor and playwright (b. 1653)
• 1731 » Étienne François Geoffroy, French physician and chemist (b. 1672)
• 1734 » John Dennis, English playwright and critic (b. 1657)
• 1813 » Louis Baraguey d'Hilliers, French general (b. 1764)
• 1829 » Josef Dobrovský, Czech philologist and historian (b. 1753)
• 1831 » Rodolphe Kreutzer, French violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1766)