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Day of marriage April 26, 1772

• The temperature on April 26, 1772 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: hagel donker. Special wheather fenomena: droog. 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 1772: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 1 » The first traveler's cheques, which could be used in 90 European cities, were issued by the London Credit Exchange Company.
  • June 9 » The British schooner Gaspee is burned in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island.
  • June 12 » French explorer Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne and 25 of his men killed by Māori in New Zealand.
  • August 19 » Gustav III of Sweden stages a coup d'état, in which he assumes power and enacts a new constitution that divides power between the Riksdag and the King.
  • August 21 » King Gustav III completes his coup d'état by adopting a new Constitution, ending half a century of parliamentary rule in Sweden and installing himself as an enlightened despot.
  • September 1 » The Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa is founded in San Luis Obispo, California.

Day of death March 3, 1778

• The temperature on March 3, 1778 was about 6.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: 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 1778: Source: Wikipedia
  • July 4 » American Revolutionary War: U.S. forces under George Clark capture Kaskaskia during the Illinois campaign.
  • July 27 » American Revolution: First Battle of Ushant: British and French fleets fight to a standoff.
  • August 26 » The first recorded ascent of Triglav, the highest mountain in Slovenia.
  • September 17 » The Treaty of Fort Pitt is signed. It is the first formal treaty between the United States and a Native American tribe.
  • November 11 » Cherry Valley massacre: Loyalists and Seneca Indian forces attack a fort and village in eastern New York during the American Revolutionary War, killing more than forty civilians and soldiers.
  • November 26 » In the Hawaiian Islands, Captain James Cook becomes the first European to visit Maui.

Day of burial March 12, 1778

• The temperature on March 12, 1778 was about -1 °C. Wind direction mainly east. 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 1778: Source: Wikipedia
  • June 18 » American Revolutionary War: British troops abandon Philadelphia.
  • July 3 » American Revolutionary War: Iroquois allied to Britain kill 360 people in the Wyoming Valley massacre.
  • July 10 » American Revolution: Louis XVI of France declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain.
  • July 27 » American Revolution: First Battle of Ushant: British and French fleets fight to a standoff.
  • September 17 » The Treaty of Fort Pitt is signed. It is the first formal treaty between the United States and a Native American tribe.
  • November 11 » Cherry Valley massacre: Loyalists and Seneca Indian forces attack a fort and village in eastern New York during the American Revolutionary War, killing more than forty civilians and soldiers.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1706 » Johann Pachelbel, German organist and composer (b. 1653)
• 1744 » Jean Barbeyrac, French scholar and jurist (b. 1674)
• 1765 » William Stukeley, English archaeologist and historian (b. 1687)
• 1768 » Nicola Porpora, Italian composer and educator (b. 1686)
• 1792 » Robert Adam, Scottish-English architect and politician, designed the Culzean Castle (b. 1728)
• 1850 » Oliver Cowdery, American religious leader (b. 1806)