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Birthday April 23, 1759

• The temperature on April 23, 1759 was about 10.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north west from. 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)
• 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 1759: Source: Wikipedia
  • May 1 » Josiah Wedgwood founds the Wedgwood pottery company in Great Britain.
  • July 25 » French and Indian War: In Western New York, British forces capture Fort Niagara from the French, who subsequently abandon Fort Rouillé.
  • September 13 » Battle of the Plains of Abraham: the British defeat the French near Quebec City in the Seven Years' War, known in the United States as the French and Indian War.
  • September 18 » French and Indian War: The Articles of Capitulation of Quebec are signed.
  • November 25 » An earthquake hits the Mediterranean destroying Beirut and Damascus and killing 30,000-40,000.
  • December 31 » Arthur Guinness signs a 9,000 year lease at £45 per annum and starts brewing Guinness.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1720 » Vilna Gaon, Lithuanian rabbi and author († 1797)
• 1744 » Princess Charlotte Amalie Wilhelmine of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön († 1770)
• 1748 » Félix Vicq-d'Azyr, French physician and anatomist († 1794)
• 1791 » James Buchanan, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 15th President of the United States († 1868)
• 1792 » Thomas Romney Robinson, Irish astronomer and physicist († 1882)
• 1794 » Wei Yuan, Chinese scholar and author († 1856)