Family tree I.D.M. de Vries » Anna Catharina Mispelbaum (1742-1792)

Day of marriage April 29, 1770

• The temperature on April 29, 1770 was about 10.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northeast. Weather type: zeer betrokken omtrent helder. Special wheather fenomena: rijp. 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 1770: Source: Wikipedia
  • March 5 » Boston Massacre: Five Americans, including Crispus Attucks, are fatally shot by British troops in an event that would contribute to the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War (also known as the American War of Independence) five years later.
  • May 16 » The 14-year-old Marie Antoinette marries 15-year-old Louis-Auguste, who later becomes king of France.
  • July 1 » Lexell's Comet is seen closer to the Earth than any other comet in recorded history, approaching to a distance of 0.0146 astronomical units (2,180,000km; 1,360,000mi).
  • July 5 » The Battle of Chesma between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire begins.
  • August 21 » James Cook formally claims eastern Australia for Great Britain, naming it New South Wales.
  • August 22 » James Cook names and lands on Possession Island, and claims the east coast of Australia for Britain as New South Wales.

Day of death September 7, 1792

• The temperature on September 7, 1792 was about 16.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. 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 1792: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 25 » The London Corresponding Society is founded.
  • April 2 » The Coinage Act is passed establishing the United States Mint.
  • April 5 » United States President George Washington exercises his authority to veto a bill, the first time this power is used in the United States.
  • April 28 » France invades the Austrian Netherlands (present day Belgium and Luxembourg), beginning the French Revolutionary Wars.
  • October 13 » In Washington, D.C., the cornerstone of the United States Executive Mansion (known as the White House since 1818) is laid.
  • October 29 » Mount Hood (Oregon) is named after Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood by Lt. William E. Broughton who sighted the mountain near the mouth of the Willamette River.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1741 » Blas de Lezo, Spanish admiral (b. 1689)
• 1798 » Peter Frederik Suhm, Danish-Norwegian historian and author (b. 1728)
• 1799 » Louis-Guillaume Le Monnier, French botanist and physicist (b. 1717)
• 1809 » Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke, Thai king (b. 1737)
• 1833 » Hannah More, English poet, playwright, and philanthropist (b. 1745)
• 1840 » Jacques MacDonald, French general (b. 1765)