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Christening day April 17, 1782

• The temperature on April 17, 1782 was about 6.0 °C. There was 44 mm of rainWind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: betrokken. 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 15 » Superintendent of Finance Robert Morris addresses the U.S. Congress to recommend establishment of a national mint and decimal coinage.
  • March 16 » American Revolutionary War: Spanish troops capture the British-held island of Roatán.
  • April 19 » John Adams secures the Dutch Republic's recognition of the United States as an independent government. The house which he had purchased in The Hague, Netherlands becomes the first American embassy.
  • April 21 » The city of Rattanakosin, now known internationally as Bangkok, is founded on the eastern bank of the Chao Phraya River by King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke.
  • July 1 » Raid on Lunenburg: American privateers attack the British settlement of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.
  • December 16 » British East India Company: Muharram Rebellion: Hada and Mada Miah lead the first anti-British uprising in the subcontinent against Robert Lindsay and his contingents in Sylhet Shahi Eidgah.

Day of death January 17, 1758

• The temperature on January 17, 1758 was about -4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: geheel betrokken sneeuw. 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)
• Regentes Anna (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1759 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• In the year 1758: Source: Wikipedia
  • May 21 » Ten-year-old Mary Campbell is abducted in Pennsylvania by Lenape during the French and Indian War. She is returned six and a half years later.
  • June 12 » French and Indian War: Siege of Louisbourg: James Wolfe's attack at Louisbourg, Nova Scotia, commences.
  • June 30 » Seven Years' War: Habsburg Austrian forces destroy a Prussian reinforcement and supply convoy in the Battle of Domstadtl, helping to expel Prussian King Frederick the Great from Moravia.
  • July 26 » French and Indian War: The Siege of Louisbourg ends with British forces defeating the French and taking control of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence.
  • September 11 » Battle of Saint Cast: France repels British invasion during the Seven Years' War.
  • December 13 » The English transport ship Duke William sinks in the North Atlantic, killing over 360 people.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1705 » John Ray, English botanist and historian (b. 1627)
• 1718 » Benjamin Church, American colonel (b. 1639)
• 1737 » Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann, German architect (b. 1662)
• 1738 » Jean-François Dandrieu, French organist and composer (b. 1682)
• 1751 » Tomaso Albinoni, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1671)
• 1826 » Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga, Spanish-French composer (b. 1806)