Family tree Jonkers » Anne Jeanne van Melckebeke (1782-????)

Birthday April 6, 1782

• The temperature on April 6, 1782 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-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 1782: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 7 » The first American commercial bank, the Bank of North America, opens.
  • March 8 » Gnadenhutten massacre: Ninety-six Native Americans in Gnadenhutten, Ohio, who had converted to Christianity, are killed by Pennsylvania militiamen in retaliation for raids carried out by other Indian tribes.
  • March 16 » Anglo-Spanish War (1779): Action of 16 March 1782.
  • June 20 » The U.S. Congress adopts the Great Seal of the United States.
  • September 14 » American Revolutionary War: Review of the French troops under General Rochambeau by General George Washington at Verplanck's Point, New York.
  • November 30 » American Revolutionary War: Treaty of Paris: In Paris, representatives from the United States and Great Britain sign preliminary peace articles (later formalized as the 1783 Treaty of Paris).

Source: Wikipedia

• 1766 » Wilhelm von Kobell, German painter and educator († 1853)
• 1773 » James Mill, Scottish historian, economist, and philosopher († 1836)
• 1787 » Celestina Cordero, Puerto Rican educator († 1862)
• 1810 » Philip Henry Gosse, English biologist and academic († 1888)
• 1812 » Alexander Herzen, Russian philosopher and author († 1870)
• 1815 » Robert Volkmann, German organist, composer, and conductor († 1883)