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Household of Hendrik Jan Wassink
Notes about Hendrik Jan Wassink
(Research):Doopboek Ruurlo 25.09.1791: HENDRIK JAN, soone van Arent Wassink en Harmken ter Steege - geboren den 21 sept. 1791 - gedoopt den 25 dito - getuijge de vader.
February 18 » Congress passes a law admitting the state of Vermont to the Union, effective 4 March, after that state had existed for 14 years as a de facto independent largely unrecognized state.
March 2 » Long-distance communication speeds up with the unveiling of a semaphore machine in Paris.
May 3 » The Constitution of May 3 (the first modern constitution in Europe) is proclaimed by the Sejm of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
July 17 » Members of the French National Guard under the command of General Lafayette open fire on a crowd of radical Jacobins at the Champ de Mars, Paris, during the French Revolution, killing scores of people.
September 5 » Olympe de Gouges writes the Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen.
December 15 » The United States Bill of Rights becomes law when ratified by the Virginia General Assembly.
Christening day September 25, 1791
The temperature on September 25, 1791 was about 11.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: helder. Source: KNMI
March 2 » Long-distance communication speeds up with the unveiling of a semaphore machine in Paris.
August 14 » Slaves from plantations in Saint-Domingue hold a Vodou ceremony led by houngan Dutty Boukman at Bois Caïman, marking the start of the Haitian Revolution.
August 22 » Beginning of the Haitian Slave Revolution in Saint-Domingue, Haiti.
August 30 » HMSPandora sinks after having run aground on the outer Great Barrier Reef the previous day.
September 5 » Olympe de Gouges writes the Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen.
October 1 » First session of the French Legislative Assembly.
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