Family tree Schmidt » Jacob van der Meer (1788-????)

Birthday March 15, 1788

• The temperature on March 15, 1788 was about 0 °C. Wind direction mainly east. 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 1788: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 1 » First edition of The Times of London, previously The Daily Universal Register, is published.
  • February 6 » Massachusetts becomes the sixth state to ratify the United States Constitution.
  • April 7 » American pioneers to the Northwest Territory establish Marietta, Ohio as the first permanent American settlement in the Northwest Territory.
  • June 21 » New Hampshire becomes the ninth state to ratify the Constitution of the United States.
  • June 25 » Virginia becomes the tenth state to ratify the United States Constitution.
  • September 13 » The Philadelphia Convention sets the date for the first presidential election in the United States, and New York City becomes the country's temporary capital.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1767 » Andrew Jackson, American general, judge, and politician, 7th President of the United States († 1845)
• 1779 » William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1848)
• 1790 » Ludwig Immanuel Magnus, German mathematician and academic († 1861)
• 1791 » Charles Knight, English author and publisher († 1873)
• 1809 » Joseph Jenkins Roberts, American-Liberian historian and politician, 1st President of Liberia († 1876)
• 1809 » Karl Josef von Hefele, German bishop and theologian († 1893)