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Day of marriage November 26, 1782

• The temperature on November 26, 1782 was about -2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northeast. 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 1782: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 27 » American Revolutionary War: The House of Commons of Great Britain votes against further war in America.
  • March 16 » American Revolutionary War: Spanish troops capture the British-held island of Roatán.
  • April 21 » The city of Rattanakosin, now known internationally as Bangkok, is founded on the eastern bank of the Chao Phraya River by King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke.
  • July 1 » Raid on Lunenburg: American privateers attack the British settlement of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.
  • September 14 » American Revolutionary War: Review of the French troops under General Rochambeau by General George Washington at Verplanck's Point, New York.
  • November 30 » American Revolutionary War: Treaty of Paris: In Paris, representatives from the United States and Great Britain sign preliminary peace articles (later formalized as the 1783 Treaty of Paris).

Day of death August 15, 1790

• The temperature on August 15, 1790 was about 16.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southeast. 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 1790: Source: Wikipedia
  • March 4 » France is divided into 83 départements, cutting across the former provinces in an attempt to dislodge regional loyalties based on ownership of land by the nobility.
  • May 31 » The United States enacts its first copyright statute, the Copyright Act of 1790.
  • July 14 » French Revolution: Citizens of Paris celebrate the unity of the French people and the national reconciliation in the Fête de la Fédération.
  • July 31 » The first U.S. patent is issued, to inventor Samuel Hopkins for a potash process.
  • December 22 » The Turkish fortress of Izmail is stormed and captured by Alexander Suvorov and his Russian armies.
  • December 26 » Louis XVI of France gives his public assent to Civil Constitution of the Clergy during the French Revolution.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1728 » Marin Marais, French viol player and composer (b. 1656)
• 1758 » Pierre Bouguer, French mathematician, geophysicist, and astronomer (b. 1698)
• 1799 » Giuseppe Parini, Italian poet and author (b. 1729)
• 1844 » José María Coppinger, governor of Spanish East Florida (b. 1733)
• 1852 » Johan Gadolin, Finnish chemist, physicist, and mineralogist (b. 1760)
• 1859 » Nathaniel Claiborne, American farmer and politician (b. 1777)