Family tree Nicolai-Kolb » Maria Anna BOECKMANS (1755-????)

Birthday March 25, 1755

• The temperature on March 25, 1755 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west. Weather type: geheel betrokken regen storm(achtig). 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 1755: Source: Wikipedia
  • April 15 » Samuel Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language is published in London.
  • June 16 » French and Indian War: The French surrender Fort Beauséjour to the British, leading to the expulsion of the Acadians.
  • July 9 » The Braddock Expedition is soundly defeated by a smaller French and Native American force in its attempt to capture Fort Duquesne in what is now downtown Pittsburgh.
  • August 10 » Under the orders of Charles Lawrence, the British Army begins to forcibly deport the Acadians from Nova Scotia to the Thirteen Colonies.
  • September 8 » French and Indian War: Battle of Lake George.
  • November 1 » In Portugal, Lisbon is totally devastated by a massive earthquake and tsunami, killing between 60,000 and 90,000 people.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1741 » Jean-Antoine Houdon, French sculptor and educator († 1828)
• 1745 » John Barry, American naval officer and father of the American navy († 1803)
• 1767 » Joachim Murat, French general († 1815)
• 1782 » Caroline Bonaparte, French daughter of Carlo Buonaparte († 1839)
• 1800 » Ernst Heinrich Karl von Dechen, German geologist and academic († 1889)
• 1808 » José de Espronceda, Spanish poet and author († 1842)