Family tree Roks/Scheffer » Martha (Maria) Scheffer (1749-1777)

Christening day August 31, 1749

• The temperature on August 31, 1749 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north by east. Weather type: helder. Source: KNMI
• Erfstadhouder Prins Willem IV (Huis van Oranje) was from 1747 till 1751 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• In the year 1749: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 3 » Benning Wentworth issues the first of the New Hampshire Grants, leading to the establishment of Vermont.
  • January 3 » The first issue of Berlingske, Denmark's oldest continually operating newspaper, is published.
  • January 21 » The Teatro Filarmonico in Verona is destroyed by fire, as a result of a torch being left behind in the box of a nobleman after a performance. It is rebuilt in 1754.
  • May 19 » King George II of Great Britain grants the Ohio Company a charter of land around the forks of the Ohio River.
  • June 21 » Halifax, Nova Scotia, is founded.

Day of marriage July 8, 1776

• The temperature on July 8, 1776 was about 20.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west by south. Weather type: 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)
• In the year 1776: Source: Wikipedia
  • May 19 » American Revolutionary War: A Continental Army garrison surrenders in the Battle of The Cedars.
  • July 8 » Church bells (possibly including the Liberty Bell) are rung after John Nixon delivers the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence of the United States.
  • September 7 » According to American colonial reports, Ezra Lee makes the world's first submarine attack in the Turtle, attempting to attach a time bomb to the hull of HMS Eagle in New York Harbor (no British records of this attack exist).
  • September 10 » American Revolutionary War: Nathan Hale volunteers to spy for the Continental Army.
  • December 5 » Phi Beta Kappa, the oldest academic honor society in the U.S., holds its first meeting at the College of William & Mary.
  • December 26 » American Revolutionary War: In the Battle of Trenton, the Continental Army attacks and successfully defeats a garrison of Hessian forces.

Day of death March 27, 1777

• The temperature on March 27, 1777 was about 13.0 °C. Weather type: 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)
• In the year 1777: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 15 » American Revolutionary War: New Connecticut (present-day Vermont) declares its independence.
  • July 7 » American forces retreating from Fort Ticonderoga are defeated in the Battle of Hubbardton.
  • August 16 » American Revolutionary War: The Americans led by General John Stark rout British and Brunswick troops under Friedrich Baum at the Battle of Bennington in Walloomsac, New York.
  • September 3 » American Revolutionary War: During the Battle of Cooch's Bridge, the Flag of the United States is flown in battle for the first time.
  • October 4 » American Revolutionary War: Troops under George Washington are repelled by British troops under William Howe.
  • December 17 » American Revolution: France formally recognizes the United States.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1729 » Leopold, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1679)
• 1757 » Johann Stamitz, Czech violinist and composer (b. 1717)
• 1770 » Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Italian painter (b. 1696)
• 1848 » Gabriel Bibron, French zoologist and herpetologist (b. 1805)
• 1849 » Archibald Acheson, 2nd Earl of Gosford, Irish-Canadian politician, 35th Governor General of Canada (b. 1776)
• 1850 » Wilhelm Beer, Prussian astronomer and banker (b. 1797)