Eijsermans family tree » Joannes Andreas Vantomme (1778-????)

Birthday December 13, 1778

• The temperature on December 13, 1778 was about 9.0 °C. There was 26 mm of rainWind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: regen 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 1778: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 6 » New York became the third state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
  • May 12 » Heinrich XI, count of the Principality of Reuss-Greiz, is elevated to Prince by Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor.
  • July 28 » Constitution of the province of Cantabria ratified at the Assembly Hall in Bárcena la Puente, Reocín, Spain.
  • August 26 » The first recorded ascent of Triglav, the highest mountain in Slovenia.
  • September 7 » American Revolutionary War: France invades Dominica in the British West Indies, before Britain is even aware of France's involvement in the war.
  • December 29 » American Revolutionary War: Three thousand British soldiers under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Campbell capture Savannah, Georgia.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1769 » James Scarlett Abinger, English judge († 1844)
• 1780 » Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner, German chemist, invented the Döbereiner's lamp († 1849)
• 1784 » Archduke Louis of Austria († 1864)
• 1797 » Heinrich Heine, German journalist, poet, and critic († 1856)
• 1804 » Joseph Howe, Canadian journalist and politician, 5th Premier of Nova Scotia († 1873)
• 1814 » Ana Néri, Brazilian nurse and philanthropist († 1880)