Family tree De Backer - Evers » Jean Baptiste Major (1755-1809)
Personal data Jean Baptiste Major
Source 1- He was born on January 3, 1755 in Oostende, België.
- Profession: Zeeman.
- He died on February 14, 1809 in Oostende, België, he was 54 years old.
- A child of Andreas Major and Anna Maria Mangelaere
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Historical events
Birthday January 3, 1755
- The temperature on January 3, 1755 was about 0.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west. Weather type: geheel betrokken sneeuw. 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 1755: Source: Wikipedia
- January 25 » Moscow University is established on Tatiana Day.
- April 2 » Commodore William James captures the Maratha fortress of Suvarnadurg on west coast of India.
- April 15 » Samuel Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language is published in London.
- July 9 » The Braddock Expedition is soundly defeated by a smaller French and Native American force in its attempt to capture Fort Duquesne in what is now downtown Pittsburgh.
- July 25 » British governor Charles Lawrence and the Nova Scotia Council order the deportation of the Acadians.
- September 8 » French and Indian War: Battle of Lake George.
Day of death February 14, 1809
- The temperature on February 14, 1809 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: omtrent betrokken regen. Source: KNMI
- This page is only available in Dutch.De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
- In the year 1809: Source: Wikipedia
- January 6 » Combined British, Portuguese and colonial Brazilian forces begin the Invasion of Cayenne during the Napoleonic Wars.
- April 11 » An incomplete British victory over the French fleet at the Battle of the Basque Roads results in the court-martial of James, Lord Gambier.
- May 21 » The first day of the Battle of Aspern-Essling between the Austrian army led by Archduke Charles and the French army led by Napoleon I of France sees the French attack across the Danube held.
- July 28 » Peninsular War: Battle of Talavera: Sir Arthur Wellesley's British, Portuguese and Spanish army defeats a French force led by Joseph Bonaparte.
- August 10 » Quito, now the capital of Ecuador, declares independence from Spain. This rebellion will be crushed on August 2, 1810.
- December 25 » Dr. Ephraim McDowell performs the first ovariotomy, removing a 22-pound tumor.
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- 1775 » Francis Caulfeild, 2nd Earl of Charlemont († 1863)
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- 1808 » John Dickinson, American lawyer and politician 5th Governor of Delaware (b. 1732)
- 1831 » Henry Maudslay, English engineer (b. 1771)
- 1831 » Vicente Guerrero, Mexican general and politician, 2nd President of Mexico (b. 1782)
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