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Christening day November 10, 1743

• The temperature on November 10, 1743 was about 10.0 °C. There was 2 mm of rainWind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: regen 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 1743: Source: Wikipedia
  • May 12 » Maria Theresa of Austria is crowned Queen of Bohemia after defeating her rival, Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor.
  • May 19 » Jean-Pierre Christin developed the centigrade temperature scale.
  • June 27 » In the Battle of Dettingen, George II becomes the last reigning British monarch to participate in a battle.
  • September 13 » Great Britain, Austria and the Kingdom of Sardinia sign the Treaty of Worms.

Day of marriage February 28, 1768

• The temperature on February 28, 1768 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west by south. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: rijp. 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 1768: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 29 » Polish nobles form the Bar Confederation.
  • May 10 » Rioting occurs in London after John Wilkes is imprisoned for writing an article for The North Briton severely criticizing King George III.
  • June 21 » James Otis Jr. offends the King and Parliament in a speech to the Massachusetts General Court.
  • November 5 » Treaty of Fort Stanwix, the purpose of which is to adjust the boundary line between Indian lands and white settlements set forth in the Royal Proclamation of 1763 in the Thirteen Colonies.
  • December 1 » The former slave ship Fredensborg sinks off Tromøya in Norway.
  • December 10 » The first edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica is published.

Day of death June 5, 1776

• The temperature on June 5, 1776 was about 15.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. 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
  • March 3 » American Revolutionary War: The first amphibious landing of the United States Marine Corps begins the Battle of Nassau.
  • May 1 » Establishment of the Illuminati in Ingolstadt, Upper Bavaria, by Jesuit-taught Adam Weishaupt.
  • June 28 » American Revolutionary War: Thomas Hickey, Continental Army private and bodyguard to General George Washington, is hanged for mutiny and sedition.
  • August 27 » Battle of Long Island: In what is now Brooklyn, New York, British forces under General William Howe defeat Americans under General George Washington.
  • October 28 » American Revolutionary War: British troops attack and capture Chatterton Hill from the Continental Army.
  • December 25 » George Washington and the Continental Army cross the Delaware River at night to attack Hessian forces serving Great Britain at Trenton, New Jersey, the next day.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1738 » Isaac de Beausobre, French pastor and theologian (b. 1659)
• 1740 » Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Kent, English politician and courtier (b. 1671)
• 1791 » Frederick Haldimand, Swiss-Canadian general and politician, 22nd Governor of Quebec (b. 1718)
• 1816 » Giovanni Paisiello, Italian composer and educator (b. 1741)
• 1825 » Odysseas Androutsos, Greek soldier (b. 1788)
• 1826 » Carl Maria von Weber, German pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1786)