Family tree Morseld-Ten Cate » Egbert Jans Plakmeijer (1788-????)

Birthday March 15, 1788

• The temperature on March 15, 1788 was about 0 °C. Wind direction mainly east. 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 1788: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 9 » Connecticut becomes the fifth state to ratify the Constitution.
  • January 18 » The first elements of the First Fleet carrying 736 convicts from Great Britain to Australia arrive at Botany Bay.
  • January 26 » The British First Fleet, led by Arthur Phillip, sails into Port Jackson (Sydney Harbour) to establish Sydney, the first permanent European settlement on Australia. Commemorated as Australia Day.
  • February 9 » The Habsburg Empire joins the Russo-Turkish War in the Russian camp.
  • May 8 » King Louis XVI of France attempts to impose the reforms of Étienne Charles de Loménie de Brienne by abolishing the parlements.
  • June 21 » New Hampshire becomes the ninth state to ratify the Constitution of the United States.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1767 » Andrew Jackson, American general, judge, and politician, 7th President of the United States († 1845)
• 1779 » William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1848)
• 1790 » Ludwig Immanuel Magnus, German mathematician and academic († 1861)
• 1791 » Charles Knight, English author and publisher († 1873)
• 1809 » Joseph Jenkins Roberts, American-Liberian historian and politician, 1st President of Liberia († 1876)
• 1809 » Karl Josef von Hefele, German bishop and theologian († 1893)