The temperature on June 8, 1756 was about 17.0 °C. There was 26 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken regen. Source: KNMI
May 18 » The Seven Years' War begins when Great Britain declares war on France.
June 20 » A British garrison is imprisoned in the Black Hole of Calcutta.
July 30 » In Saint Petersburg, Bartolomeo Rastrelli presents the newly built Catherine Palace to Empress Elizabeth and her courtiers.
August 29 » Frederick the Great attacks Saxony, beginning the Seven Years' War in Europe.
September 8 » French and Indian War: Kittanning Expedition.
Christening day June 13, 1756
The temperature on June 13, 1756 was about 15.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly east by south. Weather type: regen geheel betrokken. Source: KNMI
February 27 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge in North Carolina breaks up a Loyalist militia.
June 12 » The Virginia Declaration of Rights is adopted.
July 4 » American Revolution: The United States Declaration of Independence is adopted by the Second Continental Congress.
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.
August 10 » American Revolutionary War: Word of the United States Declaration of Independence reaches London.
August 31 » William Livingston, the first Governor of New Jersey, begins serving his first term.
When copying data from this family tree, please include a reference to the origin: Marjon Root, "Family tree Root, Brinksma, Van Schoten en Molen", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/stamboom-root/I607.php : accessed October 9, 2026), "Uilkjen Brinksma (1756-????)".
Copy warning
Genealogical publications are copyright protected. Although data is often retrieved from public archives, the searching, interpreting, collecting, selecting and sorting of the data results in a unique product. Copyright protected work may not simply be copied or republished.
Please stick to the following rules
Request permission to copy data or at least inform the author, chances are that the author gives permission, often the contact also leads to more exchange of data.
Do not use this data until you have checked it, preferably at the source (the archives).
State from whom you have copied the data and ideally also his/her original source.