Family tree De Backer - Evers » Joanna Maria van Keerberghen (1774-????)

Birthday October 10, 1774

• The temperature on October 10, 1774 was about 12.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: regen. 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 1774: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 21 » Abdul Hamid I becomes Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam.
  • June 2 » Intolerable Acts: The Quartering Act is enacted, allowing a governor in colonial America to house British soldiers in uninhabited houses, outhouses, barns, or other buildings if suitable quarters are not provided.
  • June 22 » The British pass the Quebec Act, setting out rules of governance for the colony of Quebec in British North America.
  • July 4 » Orangetown Resolutions are adopted in the Province of New York, one of many protests against the British Parliament's Coercive Acts.
  • July 21 » Russo-Turkish War (1768–74): Russia and the Ottoman Empire sign the Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca ending the war.
  • October 26 » The first Continental Congress adjourns in Philadelphia.

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• 1731 » Henry Cavendish, French-English chemist, physicist, and philosopher († 1810)
• 1780 » John Abercrombie, Scottish physician and philosopher († 1844)
• 1794 » William Whiting Boardman, American judge and politician († 1871)
• 1810 » Alfred Kennerley, English-Australian politician, 10th Premier of Tasmania († 1897)
• 1813 » Giuseppe Verdi, Italian composer and philanthropist († 1901)
• 1819 » Heinrich Joseph Dominicus Denzinger, German theologian and author († 1883)