Family tree van Vinken (vader) en van Heezik (moeder) » Frederik Hendrik Pieterszn. de Lange (1766-1780)

Christening day August 28, 1766

• The temperature on August 28, 1766 was about 19.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south by west. 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 1766: Source: Wikipedia
  • March 5 » Antonio de Ulloa, the first Spanish governor of Louisiana, arrives in New Orleans.
  • July 1 » François-Jean de la Barre, a young French nobleman, is tortured and beheaded before his body is burnt on a pyre along with a copy of Voltaire's Dictionnaire philosophique nailed to his torso for the crime of not saluting a Roman Catholic religious procession in Abbeville, France.
  • November 10 » The last colonial governor of New Jersey, William Franklin, signs the charter of Queen's College (later renamed Rutgers University).
  • December 2 » Swedish parliament approved the Swedish Freedom of the Press Act and implemented it as a ground law, thus being first in the world with freedom of speech.
  • December 5 » In London, auctioneer James Christie holds his first sale.
  • December 25 » Mapuches in Chile launch a series of surprise attacks against the Spanish starting the Mapuche uprising of 1766.

Day of death September 22, 1780

• The temperature on September 22, 1780 was about 15.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: omtrent helder. Special wheather fenomena: noorderlicht. 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 1780: Source: Wikipedia
  • March 17 » American Revolution: George Washington grants the Continental Army a holiday "as an act of solidarity with the Irish in their fight for independence".
  • May 12 » American Revolutionary War: In the largest defeat of the Continental Army, Charleston, South Carolina is taken by British forces.
  • May 13 » The Cumberland Compact is signed by leaders of the settlers in the Cumberland River area of what would become the U.S. state of Tennessee, providing for democratic government and a formal system of justice.
  • October 7 » American Revolutionary War: American militia defeat royalist irregulars led by British major Patrick Ferguson in South Carolina.
  • October 10 » The Great Hurricane of 1780 kills 20,000–30,000 in the Caribbean.
  • October 16 » American Revolutionary War: The British-led Royalton raid is the last Native American raid on New England.

Day of burial September 27, 1780

• The temperature on September 27, 1780 was about 15.0 °C. There was 44 mm of rainWind direction mainly west-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 1780: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 16 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of Cape St. Vincent.
  • May 29 » American Revolutionary War: At the Battle of Waxhaws, the British continue attacking after the Continentals lay down their arms, killing 113 and critically wounding all but 53 that remained.
  • June 23 » American Revolution: Battle of Springfield fought in and around Springfield, New Jersey (including Short Hills, formerly of Springfield, now of Millburn Township).
  • September 21 » American Revolutionary War: Benedict Arnold gives the British the plans to West Point.
  • October 2 » American Revolutionary War: John André, a British Army officer, is hanged as a spy by the Continental Army.
  • November 5 » French-American forces under Colonel LaBalme are defeated by Miami Chief Little Turtle.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1756 » Abu l-Hasan Ali I, ruler of Tunisia (b. 1688)
• 1774 » Pope Clement XIV (b. 1705)
• 1776 » Nathan Hale, American soldier (b. 1755)
• 1777 » John Bartram, American botanist and explorer (b. 1699)
• 1828 » Shaka Zulu, Zulu chieftain and monarch of the Zulu Kingdom (b. 1787)
• 1852 » William Tierney Clark, English engineer, designed Hammersmith Bridge (b. 1783)