Family tree De Duffelt » Michael "1782 " van Megen (1782-????)

Birthday June 28, 1782

• The temperature on June 28, 1782 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest by west. 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)
• In the year 1782: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 5 » Spanish defeat British forces and capture Menorca.
  • March 8 » Gnadenhutten massacre: Ninety-six Native Americans in Gnadenhutten, Ohio, who had converted to Christianity, are killed by Pennsylvania militiamen in retaliation for raids carried out by other Indian tribes.
  • April 19 » John Adams secures the Dutch Republic's recognition of the United States as an independent government. The house which he had purchased in The Hague, Netherlands becomes the first American embassy.
  • July 1 » Raid on Lunenburg: American privateers attack the British settlement of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.
  • August 19 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of Blue Licks: The last major engagement of the war, almost ten months after the surrender of the British commander Charles Cornwallis following the Siege of Yorktown.
  • September 14 » American Revolutionary War: Review of the French troops under General Rochambeau by General George Washington at Verplanck's Point, New York.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1734 » Jean-Jacques Beauvarlet-Charpentier, French organist and composer († 1794)
• 1742 » William Hooper, American physician, lawyer, and politician († 1790)
• 1824 » Paul Broca, French physician, anatomist, and anthropologist († 1880)
• 1825 » Emil Erlenmeyer, German chemist († 1909)
• 1831 » Joseph Joachim, Austrian violinist, composer, and conductor († 1907)
• 1836 » Emmanuel Rhoides, Greek journalist and author († 1904)