Eijsermans family tree » Hendrik Maas (????-1783)

Day of death May 30, 1783

• The temperature on May 30, 1783 was about 15.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north west from. 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 1783: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 20 » The Kingdom of Great Britain signed preliminary articles of peace with France, setting the stage to the official end of hostilities in the American Revolutionary War later that year.
  • April 15 » Preliminary articles of peace ending the American Revolutionary War (or American War of Independence) are ratified.
  • April 18 » Three-Fifths Compromise: the first instance of black slaves in the United States of America being counted as three fifths of persons (for the purpose of taxation), in a resolution of the Congress of the Confederation. This was later adopted in the 1787 Constitution.
  • June 22 » A poisonous cloud caused by the eruption of the Laki volcano in Iceland reaches Le Havre in France.
  • November 3 » The American Continental Army is disbanded.
  • November 29 » A 5.3 magnitude earthquake strikes New Jersey.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1778 » Voltaire, French philosopher and author (b. 1694)
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• 1832 » James Mackintosh, Scottish historian, jurist, and politician (b. 1765)