Family tree Peter de Jong » Jamcomina "Jacomina" de Haas (1740-1787)

Day of marriage December 24, 1759

• The temperature on December 24, 1759 was about 1.0 °C. There was 44 mm of rainWind direction mainly east. Weather type: geheel 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)
• 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 1759: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 11 » The first American life insurance company, the Corporation for Relief of Poor and Distressed Presbyterian Ministers and of the Poor and Distressed Widows and Children of the Presbyterian Ministers (now part of Unum Group), is incorporated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  • May 1 » Josiah Wedgwood founds the Wedgwood pottery company in Great Britain.
  • July 25 » French and Indian War: In Western New York, British forces capture Fort Niagara from the French, who subsequently abandon Fort Rouillé.
  • August 1 » Seven Years' War: The Battle of Minden, an allied Anglo-German army victory over the French. In Britain this was one of a number of events that constituted the Annus Mirabilis of 1759 and is celebrated as Minden Day by certain British Army regiments.
  • August 19 » Battle of Lagos Naval battle during the Seven Years' War between Great Britain and France.
  • November 25 » An earthquake hits the Mediterranean destroying Beirut and Damascus and killing 30,000-40,000.

Day of death August 21, 1787

• The temperature on August 21, 1787 was about 14.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northwest. 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 1787: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 25 » Shays's Rebellion: The rebellion's largest confrontation, outside the Springfield Armory, results in the killing of four rebels and the wounding of twenty.
  • February 3 » Militia led by General Benjamin Lincoln crush the remnants of Shays' Rebellion in Petersham, Massachusetts.
  • May 13 » Captain Arthur Phillip leaves Portsmouth, England, with eleven ships full of convicts (the "First Fleet") to establish a penal colony in Australia.
  • May 25 » After a delay of 11 days, the United States Constitutional Convention formally convenes in Philadelphia after a quorum of seven states is secured.
  • September 17 » The United States Constitution is signed in Philadelphia.
  • December 18 » New Jersey becomes the third state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1762 » Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, English author, poet, and playwright (b. 1689)
• 1763 » Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont, English politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (b. 1710)
• 1775 » Zahir al-Umar, Arabian ruler (b. 1690)
• 1796 » John McKinly, American physician and politician, 1st Governor of Delaware (b. 1721)
• 1814 » Benjamin Thompson, American-English physicist and colonel (b. 1753)
• 1835 » John MacCulloch, Scottish geologist and academic (b. 1773)