FutureHistory » Maria Jacoba "Jacquelin" (Maria Jacoba "Jacquelin") van Waes (1751-1780)

Day of marriage June 16, 1778

• The temperature on June 16, 1778 was about 15.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: 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 1778: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 18 » James Cook is the first known European to discover the Hawaiian Islands, which he names the "Sandwich Islands".
  • February 5 » South Carolina becomes the second state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
  • May 1 » American Revolution: The Battle of Crooked Billet begins in Hatboro, Pennsylvania.
  • August 3 » The theatre La Scala in Milan is inaugurated with the première of Antonio Salieri's Europa riconosciuta.
  • September 17 » The Treaty of Fort Pitt is signed. It is the first formal treaty between the United States and a Native American tribe.
  • December 29 » American Revolutionary War: Three thousand British soldiers under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Campbell capture Savannah, Georgia.

Day of death September 27, 1780

• The temperature on September 27, 1780 was about 15.0 °C. There was 44 mm of rainWind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: 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 1780: Source: Wikipedia
  • May 29 » American Revolutionary War: At the Battle of Waxhaws, the British continue attacking after the Continentals lay down their arms, killing 113 and critically wounding all but 53 that remained.
  • August 22 » James Cook's ship HMSResolution returns to England (Cook having been killed on Hawaii during the voyage).
  • October 7 » American Revolutionary War: American militia defeat royalist irregulars led by British major Patrick Ferguson in South Carolina.
  • October 16 » American Revolutionary War: The British-led Royalton raid is the last Native American raid on New England.
  • November 4 » The Rebellion of Túpac Amaru II against Spanish rule in the Viceroyalty of Peru begins.
  • November 5 » French-American forces under Colonel LaBalme are defeated by Miami Chief Little Turtle.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1730 » Laurence Eusden, English poet and author (b. 1688)
• 1735 » Peter Artedi, Swedish ichthyologist and zoologist (b. 1705)
• 1742 » Hugh Boulter, Irish archbishop (b. 1672)
• 1783 » Étienne Bézout, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1730)
• 1832 » Karl Christian Friedrich Krause, German philosopher and author (b. 1781)
• 1833 » Raja Ram Mohan Roy, Indian humanitarian and reformer (b. 1772)