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Day of marriage August 19, 1726

• The temperature on August 19, 1726 was about -11.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: betrokken. 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 death July 25, 1777

• The temperature on July 25, 1777 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north by west. Weather type: zeer 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 1777: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 3 » American General George Washington defeats British General Lord Cornwallis at the Battle of Princeton.
  • April 26 » Sybil Ludington, aged 16, rode 40 miles (64km) to alert American colonial forces to the approach of the British regular forces
  • July 6 » American Revolutionary War: Siege of Fort Ticonderoga: After a bombardment by British artillery under General John Burgoyne, American forces retreat from Fort Ticonderoga, New York.
  • July 31 » The U.S. Second Continental Congress passes a resolution that the services of Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette "be accepted, and that, in consideration of his zeal, illustrious family and connexions, he have the rank and commission of major-general of the United States."
  • November 29 » San Jose, California, is founded as Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe by José Joaquín Moraga. It is the first civilian settlement, or pueblo, in Alta California.
  • December 19 » American Revolutionary War: George Washington's Continental Army goes into winter quarters at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1790 » Johann Bernhard Basedow, German educator and reformer (b. 1723)
• 1790 » William Livingston, American soldier and politician, 1st Governor of New Jersey (b. 1723)
• 1791 » Isaac Low, American merchant and politician (b. 1735)
• 1794 » André Chénier, Greek-French poet and author (b. 1762)
• 1794 » Friedrich von der Trenck, Prussian adventurer and author (b. 1726)
• 1794 » Jean-Antoine Roucher, French poet and author (b. 1745)