Dicker family tree » Gertrudis Limbeek (1713-1777)

Day of marriage January 19, 1763

• The temperature on January 19, 1763 was about -10.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south. 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)
• 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 1763: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 10 » French and Indian War: The Treaty of Paris ends the war and France cedes Quebec to Great Britain.
  • June 2 » Pontiac's Rebellion: At what is now Mackinaw City, Michigan, Chippewas capture Fort Michilimackinac by diverting the garrison's attention with a game of lacrosse, then chasing a ball into the fort.
  • July 31 » Odawa Chief Pontiac's forces defeat British troops at the Battle of Bloody Run during Pontiac's War.
  • August 5 » Pontiac's War: Battle of Bushy Run: British forces led by Henry Bouquet defeat Chief Pontiac's Indians at Bushy Run.
  • September 1 » Catherine II of Russia endorses Ivan Betskoy's plans for a Foundling Home in Moscow.
  • December 2 » Dedication of the Touro Synagogue, in Newport, Rhode Island, the first synagogue in what will become the United States.

Day of death March 30, 1777

• The temperature on March 30, 1777 was about 7.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly north-northwest. 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)
• In the year 1777: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 2 » American Revolutionary War: American forces under the command of George Washington repulsed a British attack at the Battle of the Assunpink Creek near Trenton, New Jersey.
  • March 8 » Regiments from Ansbach and Bayreuth, sent to support Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War, mutiny in the town of Ochsenfurt.
  • July 6 » American Revolutionary War: Siege of Fort Ticonderoga: After a bombardment by British artillery under General John Burgoyne, American forces retreat from Fort Ticonderoga, New York.
  • October 6 » American Revolutionary War: British forces capture Forts Clinton and Montgomery on the Hudson River.
  • October 22 » American Revolutionary War: American defenders of Fort Mercer on the Delaware River repulse repeated Hessian attacks in the Battle of Red Bank.
  • December 18 » The United States celebrates its first Thanksgiving, marking the recent victory by the American rebels over British General John Burgoyne at Saratoga in October.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1764 » Pietro Locatelli, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1695)
• 1783 » William Hunter, Scottish anatomist and physician (b. 1718)
• 1804 » Victor-François, 2nd duc de Broglie, French general and politician, French Secretary of State for War (b. 1718)
• 1806 » Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (b. 1757)
• 1830 » Louis I, Grand Duke of Baden (b. 1763)
• 1840 » Beau Brummell, English-French fashion designer (b. 1778)