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Christening day November 2, 1746

• The temperature on November 2, 1746 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
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  Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• In the year 1746: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 8 » Second Jacobite rising: Bonnie Prince Charlie occupies Stirling.
  • April 16 » The Battle of Culloden is fought between the French-supported Jacobites and the British Hanoverian forces commanded by William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, in Scotland. After the battle many highland traditions were banned and the Highlands of Scotland were cleared of inhabitants.
  • June 16 » War of the Austrian Succession: Austria and Sardinia defeat a Franco-Spanish army at the Battle of Piacenza.
  • October 22 » The College of New Jersey (later renamed Princeton University) receives its charter.

Day of marriage May 21, 1775

• The temperature on May 21, 1775 was about 10.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: 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 8 » An anonymous writer, thought by some to be Thomas Paine, publishes "African Slavery in America", the first article in the American colonies calling for the emancipation of slaves and the abolition of slavery.
  • April 19 » American Revolutionary War: The war begins with an American victory in Concord during the battles of Lexington and Concord.
  • April 20 » American Revolutionary War: The Siege of Boston begins, following the battles at Lexington and Concord.
  • July 27 » Founding of the U.S. Army Medical Department: The Second Continental Congress passes legislation establishing "an hospital for an army consisting of 20,000 men."
  • November 10 » The United States Marine Corps is founded at Tun Tavern in Philadelphia by Samuel Nicholas.
  • November 13 » American Revolutionary War: Patriot revolutionary forces under Gen. Richard Montgomery occupy Montreal.

Day of death June 21, 1782

• The temperature on June 21, 1782 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northeast. 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 1782: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 7 » The first American commercial bank, the Bank of North America, opens.
  • February 27 » American Revolutionary War: The House of Commons of Great Britain votes against further war in America.
  • March 16 » Anglo-Spanish War (1779): Action of 16 March 1782.
  • March 27 » Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
  • July 1 » Raid on Lunenburg: American privateers attack the British settlement of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.
  • September 14 » American Revolutionary War: Review of the French troops under General Rochambeau by General George Washington at Verplanck's Point, New York.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1737 » Matthieu Marais, French author, critic, and jurist (b. 1664)
• 1738 » Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1674)
• 1796 » Richard Gridley, American soldier and engineer (b. 1710)
• 1824 » Étienne Aignan, French playwright and translator (b. 1773)
• 1865 » Frances Adeline Seward, American wife of William H. Seward (b. 1824)
• 1874 » Anders Jonas Ångström, Swedish physicist and astronomer (b. 1814)