Stambomen Straathof & Verdegaal » Adrianus "Arij" Cornelisse Verdigael (1711-1777)

Christening day November 10, 1711

• The temperature on November 10, 1711 was about 10.0 °C. Source: KNMI
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  Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• In the year 1711: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 24 » The London première of Rinaldo by George Frideric Handel, the first Italian opera written for the London stage.
  • August 22 » Britain's Quebec Expedition loses eight ships and almost nine hundred soldiers, sailors and women to rocks at Pointe-aux-Anglais.
  • September 22 » The Tuscarora War begins in present-day North Carolina.

Day of marriage February 15, 1737

• The temperature on February 15, 1737 was about 4.0 °C. There was 7 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: geheel betrokken. Source: KNMI
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  Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• In the year 1737: Source: Wikipedia
  • March 28 » The Marathas under Baji Rao I attack and defeat the Mughals in the Battle of Delhi.
  • September 20 » The finish of the Walking Purchase which forces the cession of 1.2 million acres (4,860km²) of Lenape-Delaware tribal land to the Pennsylvania Colony.
  • November 4 » The Teatro di San Carlo, the oldest working opera house in Europe, is inaugurated in Naples, Italy.
  • December 24 » The Marathas defeat the combined forces of the Mughal Empire, Rajputs of Jaipur, Nizam of Hyderabad, Nawab of Awadh and Nawab of Bengal in the Battle of Bhopal.

Day of death December 24, 1777

• The temperature on December 24, 1777 was about -2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-southeast. Weather type: 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 1777: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 3 » American General George Washington defeats British General Lord Cornwallis at the Battle of Princeton.
  • January 15 » American Revolutionary War: New Connecticut (present-day Vermont) declares its independence.
  • August 22 » British forces abandon the Siege of Fort Stanwix after hearing rumors of Continental Army reinforcements.
  • October 17 » American Revolutionary War: British General John Burgoyne surrenders his army at Saratoga, New York.
  • November 29 » San Jose, California, is founded as Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe by José Joaquín Moraga. It is the first civilian settlement, or pueblo, in Alta California.
  • December 19 » American Revolutionary War: George Washington's Continental Army goes into winter quarters at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1707 » Noël Coypel, French painter and educator (b. 1628)
• 1813 » Empress Go-Sakuramachi of Japan (b. 1740)
• 1844 » Friedrich Bernhard Westphal, Danish-German painter (b. 1803)
• 1863 » William Makepeace Thackeray, English author and poet (b. 1811)
• 1865 » Charles Lock Eastlake, English painter and historian (b. 1793)
• 1867 » José Mariano Salas, Mexican general and politician. President of Mexico (1846, 1859) and regent of the Second Mexican Empire(b. 1797)