Stamboom familie Ronnen en aanverwanten » Catharine Absil (1770-????)

Birthday March 10, 1770

• The temperature on March 10, 1770 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east by north. Weather type: regen vochtig. 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 1770: Source: Wikipedia
  • March 5 » Boston Massacre: Five Americans, including Crispus Attucks, are fatally shot by British troops in an event that would contribute to the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War (also known as the American War of Independence) five years later.
  • April 19 » Captain James Cook, still holding the rank of lieutenant, sights the eastern coast of what is now Australia.
  • June 11 » British explorer Captain James Cook runs aground on the Great Barrier Reef.
  • June 19 » New Church Day: Emanuel Swedenborg writes: "The Lord sent forth His twelve disciples, who followed Him in the world into the whole spiritual world to preach the Gospel that the Lord God Jesus Christ reign. This took place on the 19th day of June, in the year 1770."
  • July 5 » The Battle of Chesma between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire begins.
  • November 14 » James Bruce discovers what he believes to be the source of the Nile.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1769 » Joseph Williamson, English businessman and philanthropist († 1840)
• 1772 » Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel, German poet and critic († 1829)
• 1777 » Louis Hersent, French painter († 1860)
• 1787 » Francisco de Paula Martínez de la Rosa y Berdejo, Spanish playwright and politician, Prime Minister of Spain († 1862)
• 1787 » William Etty, English painter and academic († 1849)
• 1788 » Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff, German author, poet, playwright, and critic († 1857)