Eijsermans family tree » Walthera "Walthera" Leermans (1775-????)

Birthday April 10, 1775

• The temperature on April 10, 1775 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north. Weather type: geheel betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: wat dauw. 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 1775: Source: Wikipedia
  • March 23 » American Revolutionary War: Patrick Henry delivers his speech – "Give me liberty, or give me death!" – at St. John's Episcopal Church, Richmond, Virginia.
  • April 14 » The first abolition society in North America is established. The Society for the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully Held in Bondage is organized in Philadelphia by Benjamin Franklin and Benjamin Rush.
  • May 31 » American Revolution: The Mecklenburg Resolves are adopted in the Province of North Carolina.
  • June 12 » American Revolution: British general Thomas Gage declares martial law in Massachusetts. The British offer a pardon to all colonists who lay down their arms. There would be only two exceptions to the amnesty: Samuel Adams and John Hancock, if captured, were to be hanged.
  • July 29 » Founding of the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's Corps: General George Washington appoints William Tudor as Judge Advocate of the Continental Army.
  • October 18 » American Revolutionary War: The Burning of Falmouth (now Portland, Maine).

Source: Wikipedia

• 1755 » Samuel Hahnemann, German-French physician and academic († 1843)
• 1762 » Giovanni Aldini, Italian physicist and academic († 1834)
• 1769 » Jean Lannes, French marshal († 1809)
• 1778 » William Hazlitt, English essayist and critic († 1830)
• 1794 » Matthew C. Perry, English-Scottish American commander († 1858)
• 1806 » Juliette Drouet, French actress († 1883)