Family tree Lars Werner » Catherine BIHL (1717-1776)

Day of marriage November 21, 1740

• The temperature on November 21, 1740 was about 4.0 °C. There was 44 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken 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 1740: Source: Wikipedia
  • April 8 » War of Jenkins' Ear: Three British ships capture the Spanish third-rate Princesa, taken into service as HMSPrincess.
  • June 13 » Georgia provincial governor James Oglethorpe begins an unsuccessful attempt to take Spanish Florida during the Siege of St. Augustine.
  • June 26 » A combined force of Spanish, free blacks and allied Indians defeat a British garrison at the Siege of Fort Mose near St. Augustine during the War of Jenkins' Ear.
  • August 17 » Pope Benedict XIV, previously known as Prospero Lambertini, succeeds Clement XII as the 247th Pope.
  • October 9 » Dutch colonists and Javanese natives begin massacring the ethnic Chinese population in Batavia, eventually killing 10,000.
  • October 20 » France, Prussia, Bavaria and Saxony refuse to honour the Pragmatic Sanction, and the War of the Austrian Succession begins.

Day of death March 25, 1776

• The temperature on March 25, 1776 was about 7.0 °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
  • April 7 » Captain John Barry and the USSLexington captures the Edward.
  • May 1 » Establishment of the Illuminati in Ingolstadt, Upper Bavaria, by Jesuit-taught Adam Weishaupt.
  • June 28 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Sullivan's Island ends with the American victory, leading to the commemoration of Carolina Day.
  • October 28 » American Revolutionary War: British troops attack and capture Chatterton Hill from the Continental Army.
  • December 19 » Thomas Paine publishes one of a series of pamphlets in The Pennsylvania Journal entitled "The American Crisis".
  • December 26 » American Revolutionary War: In the Battle of Trenton, the Continental Army attacks and successfully defeats a garrison of Hessian forces.

Day of burial March 26, 1776

• The temperature on March 26, 1776 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east by north. Weather type: 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.
  • October 28 » American Revolutionary War: British troops attack and capture Chatterton Hill from the Continental Army.
  • November 29 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Fort Cumberland, Nova Scotia, comes to an end with the arrival of British reinforcements.
  • December 5 » Phi Beta Kappa, the oldest academic honor society in the U.S., holds its first meeting at the College of William & Mary.
  • December 7 » Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, arranges to enter the American military as a major general.
  • December 25 » George Washington and the Continental Army cross the Delaware River at night to attack Hessian forces serving Great Britain at Trenton, New Jersey, the next day.

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• 1712 » Nehemiah Grew, English anatomist and physiologist (b. 1641)
• 1732 » Lucy Filippini, Italian teacher and saint (b. 1672)
• 1736 » Nicholas Hawksmoor, English architect, designed Easton Neston and Christ Church (b. 1661)
• 1738 » Turlough O'Carolan, Irish harp player and composer (b. 1670)
• 1801 » Novalis, German poet and author (b. 1772)
• 1818 » Caspar Wessel, Norwegian-Danish mathematician and cartographer (b. 1745)