Family tree De Backer - Evers » Ludovicus Drumon - Drumond (1719-1764)

Day of marriage October 1, 1754

• The temperature on October 1, 1754 was about 14.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. 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)
• 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 1754: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 28 » Sir Horace Walpole coins the word serendipity in a letter to a friend.
  • May 28 » French and Indian War: In the first engagement of the war, Virginia militia under the 22-year-old Lieutenant colonel George Washington defeat a French reconnaissance party in the Battle of Jumonville Glen in what is now Fayette County in southwestern Pennsylvania.
  • July 3 » French and Indian War: George Washington surrenders Fort Necessity to French forces.

Day of death July 17, 1764

• The temperature on July 17, 1764 was about 23.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: omtrent helder. Special wheather fenomena: dauw. 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 1764: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 19 » Bolle Willum Luxdorph records in his diary that a mail bomb, possibly the world's first, has severely injured the Danish Colonel Poulsen, residing at Børglum Abbey.
  • January 19 » John Wilkes is expelled from the British House of Commons for seditious libel.
  • February 15 » The city of St. Louis is established in Spanish Louisiana (now in Missouri, USA).
  • September 7 » Election of Stanisław August Poniatowski as the last ruler of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1725 » Thomas King, English and British soldier, MP for Queenborough, lieutenant-governor of Sheerness (b. before 1660?).
• 1762 » Peter III of Russia (b. 1728)
• 1790 » Adam Smith, Scottish economist and philosopher (b. 1723)
• 1791 » Martin Dobrizhoffer, Austrian missionary and author (b. 1717)
• 1793 » Charlotte Corday, French murderer (b. 1768)
• 1794 » John Roebuck, English chemist and businessman (b. 1718)