Family tree Smulders-Van Bussel » Petrus Lamberti van Doorn (1782-????)

Birthday August 17, 1782

• The temperature on August 17, 1782 was about 17.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly 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 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 9 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of the Saintes begins.
  • 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.
  • June 20 » The U.S. Congress adopts the Great Seal of the United States.
  • 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).

Source: Wikipedia

• 1753 » Josef Dobrovský, Bohemian philologist and historian († 1828)
• 1768 » Louis Desaix, French general († 1800)
• 1786 » Davy Crockett, American soldier and politician († 1836)
• 1786 » Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld († 1861)
• 1801 » Fredrika Bremer, Swedish writer and feminist († 1865)
• 1828 » Jules Bernard Luys, French neurologist and physician († 1897)