Family tree Ocken » Volkert Melchior van Goens, (1711-1770)

Day of marriage March 7, 1752

• The temperature on March 7, 1752 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: regen 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 January 19, 1770

• The temperature on January 19, 1770 was about 7.0 °C. There was 44 mm of rainWind direction mainly north west from. Weather type: regen 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 1770: Source: Wikipedia
  • March 5 » Boston Massacre: Five Americans, including Crispus Attucks, are fatally shot by British troops in an event that would contribute to the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War (also known as the American War of Independence) five years later.
  • April 19 » Marie Antoinette marries Louis XVI of France in a proxy wedding.
  • April 20 » The Georgian king, Erekle II, abandoned by his Russian ally Count Totleben, wins a victory over Ottoman forces at Aspindza.
  • June 11 » British explorer Captain James Cook runs aground on the Great Barrier Reef.
  • June 19 » New Church Day: Emanuel Swedenborg writes: "The Lord sent forth His twelve disciples, who followed Him in the world into the whole spiritual world to preach the Gospel that the Lord God Jesus Christ reign. This took place on the 19th day of June, in the year 1770."
  • November 14 » James Bruce discovers what he believes to be the source of the Nile.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1729 » William Congreve, English playwright and poet (b. 1670)
• 1755 » Jean-Pierre Christin, French physicist, mathematician, and astronomer (b. 1683)
• 1757 » Thomas Ruddiman, Scottish scholar and academic (b. 1674)
• 1766 » Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni, Italian-French architect and painter (b. 1695)
• 1785 » Jonathan Toup, English scholar and critic (b. 1713)
• 1833 » Ferdinand Hérold, French pianist and composer (b. 1791)