Family tree Lars Werner » Madeleine REBER (1716-1776)

Day of marriage April 10, 1752

• The temperature on April 10, 1752 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-southeast. 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)
• Regentes Anna (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1759 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• In the year 1752: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 29 » King Alaungpaya founds Konbaung Dynasty, the last dynasty of Burmese monarchy.
  • April 20 » Start of Konbaung–Hanthawaddy War, a new phase in the Burmese Civil War (1740–57).
  • June 15 » Benjamin Franklin proves that lightning is electricity (traditional date, the exact date is unknown).
  • September 2 » Great Britain, along with its overseas possessions, adopts the Gregorian calendar.
  • September 14 » The British Empire adopts the Gregorian calendar, skipping eleven days (the previous day was September 2).

Day of death February 10, 1776

• The temperature on February 10, 1776 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-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 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.
  • May 4 » Rhode Island becomes the first American colony to renounce allegiance to King George III.
  • June 28 » American Revolutionary War: Thomas Hickey, Continental Army private and bodyguard to General George Washington, is hanged for mutiny and sedition.
  • August 27 » Battle of Long Island: In what is now Brooklyn, New York, British forces under General William Howe defeat Americans under General George Washington.
  • October 11 » American Revolution: A fleet of American boats on Lake Champlain is defeated by the Royal Navy, but delays the British advance until 1777.
  • November 16 » American Revolution: The United Provinces (Low Countries) recognize the independence of the United States.

Day of burial February 11, 1776

• The temperature on February 11, 1776 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south. Weather type: betrokken regen. 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.
  • April 6 » American Revolutionary War: Ships of the Continental Navy fail in their attempt to capture a Royal Navy dispatch boat.
  • June 11 » The Continental Congress appoints Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston to the Committee of Five to draft a declaration of independence.
  • August 31 » William Livingston, the first Governor of New Jersey, begins serving his first term.
  • September 11 » British–American peace conference on Staten Island fails to stop nascent American Revolutionary War.
  • September 16 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Harlem Heights is fought.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1755 » Montesquieu, French lawyer and philosopher (b. 1689)
• 1782 » Friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German theologian and author (b. 1702)
• 1829 » Pope Leo XII (b. 1760)
• 1837 » Alexander Pushkin, Russian poet and author (b. 1799)
• 1854 » José Joaquín de Herrera, Mexican politician and general. President three times (1844–1854) (b. 1792)
• 1857 » David Thompson, English-Canadian surveyor and explorer (b. 1770)