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Day of marriage January 25, 1728

• The temperature on January 25, 1728 was about 6.0 °C. There was 51 mm of rainWind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: regen. 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 1728: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 28 » Peshwa Bajirao I of the Maratha Empire defeats Asaf Jah I in the Battle of Palkhed.
  • August 29 » The city of Nuuk in Greenland is founded as the fort of Godt-Haab by the royal governor Claus Paarss.

Day of death September 4, 1776

• The temperature on September 4, 1776 was about 17.0 °C. There was 66 mm of rainWind direction mainly west. 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 1776: Source: Wikipedia
  • March 4 » American Revolutionary War: The Continental Army fortifies Dorchester Heights with cannon, leading the British troops to abandon the Siege of Boston.
  • June 28 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Sullivan's Island ends with the American victory, leading to the commemoration of Carolina Day.
  • July 4 » American Revolution: The United States Declaration of Independence is adopted by the Second Continental Congress.
  • July 9 » George Washington orders the Declaration of Independence to be read out to members of the Continental Army in Manhattan, while thousands of British troops on Staten Island prepare for the Battle of Long Island.
  • September 15 » American Revolutionary War: British forces land at Kip's Bay during the New York Campaign.
  • November 16 » American Revolution: The United Provinces (Low Countries) recognize the independence of the United States.

Day of burial September 10, 1776

• The temperature on September 10, 1776 was about 14.0 °C. Wind direction mainly 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 1776: Source: Wikipedia
  • March 9 » The Wealth of Nations by Scottish economist and philosopher Adam Smith is published.
  • May 15 » American Revolution: The Fifth Virginia Convention instructs its Continental Congress delegation to propose a resolution of independence from Great Britain, paving the way for the United States Declaration of Independence.
  • June 28 » American Revolutionary War: Thomas Hickey, Continental Army private and bodyguard to General George Washington, is hanged for mutiny and sedition.
  • July 8 » Church bells (possibly including the Liberty Bell) are rung after John Nixon delivers the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence of the United States.
  • August 10 » American Revolutionary War: Word of the United States Declaration of Independence reaches London.
  • December 19 » Thomas Paine publishes one of a series of pamphlets in The Pennsylvania Journal entitled "The American Crisis".

Source: Wikipedia

• 1767 » Charles Townshend, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1725)
• 1780 » John Fielding, English lawyer and judge (b. 1721)
• 1784 » César-François Cassini de Thury, French astronomer and cartographer (b. 1714)
• 1794 » John Hely-Hutchinson, Anglo-Irish lawyer and politician (b. 1724)
• 1804 » Richard Somers, American lieutenant (b. 1778)
• 1820 » Timothy Brown, English banker and merchant (b. 1743/4)