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Christening day August 27, 1726

• The temperature on August 27, 1726 was about -16 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: helder. Special wheather fenomena: . 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 1726: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 13 » Parliament of Negrete between Mapuche and Spanish authorities in Chile bring an end to the Mapuche uprising of 1723–26.
  • February 19 » The Supreme Privy Council is established in Russia.
  • May 9 » Five men arrested during a raid on Mother Clap's molly house in London are executed at Tyburn.
  • October 28 » The novel Gulliver's Travels is published.

Day of marriage May 23, 1751

• The temperature on May 23, 1751 was about 9.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly south east. Weather type: regen geheel betrokken. Source: KNMI
• Erfstadhouder Prins Willem IV (Huis van Oranje) was from 1747 till 1751 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• 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 1751: Source: Wikipedia
  • July 6 » Pope Benedict XIV suppresses the Patriarchate of Aquileia and establishes from its territory the Archdiocese of Udine and Gorizia.
  • December 14 » The Theresian Military Academy is founded in Wiener Neustadt, Austria.

Day of death August 27, 1781

• The temperature on August 27, 1781 was about 22.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: geheel betrokken weerlicht bliksem donder. 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 1781: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 3 » American Revolutionary War: British forces seize the Dutch-owned Caribbean island Sint Eustatius.
  • February 18 » Fourth Anglo-Dutch War: Captain Thomas Shirley opens his expedition against Dutch colonial outposts on the Gold Coast of Africa (present-day Ghana).
  • March 13 » William Herschel discovers Uranus.
  • March 15 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of Guilford Court House: Near present-day Greensboro, North Carolina, 1,900 British troops under General Charles Cornwallis defeat a mixed American force numbering 4,400 in a Pyrrhic victory.
  • September 8 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Eutaw Springs in South Carolina, the war's last significant battle in the Southern theater, ends in a narrow British tactical victory.
  • September 28 » American Revolution: American forces backed by a French fleet begin the siege of Yorktown.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1748 » James Thomson, Scottish poet and playwright (b. 1700)
• 1782 » John Laurens, American Revolutionary and Congressman (b.1754)
• 1828 » Eise Eisinga, Dutch astronomer and academic, built the Eisinga Planetarium (b. 1744)
• 1857 » Rufus Wilmot Griswold, American anthologist, poet, and critic (b. 1815)
• 1865 » Thomas Chandler Haliburton, Canadian judge and politician (b. 1796)
• 1871 » William Whiting Boardman, American lawyer and politician (b. 1794)