Family tree Van Knippenberg » Gerardus Knippenbergh (1716-1779)

Christening day November 18, 1716

• The temperature on November 18, 1716 was about 5.0 °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 1716: Source: Wikipedia
  • July 8 » The Battle of Dynekilen forces Sweden to abandon its invasion of Norway.
  • August 5 » Austro-Turkish War (1716–1718): One-fifth of a Turkish army and the Grand Vizier are killed in the Battle of Petrovaradin.
  • August 21 » Seventh Ottoman–Venetian War: The arrival of naval reinforcements and the news of the Battle of Petrovaradin force the Ottomans to abandon the Siege of Corfu, thus preserving the Ionian Islands under Venetian rule.

Day of marriage January 15, 1747

• The temperature on January 15, 1747 was about -12.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: helder. Source: KNMI
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  Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• Erfstadhouder Prins Willem IV (Huis van Oranje) was from 1747 till 1751 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• In the year 1747: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 31 » The first venereal diseases clinic opens at London Lock Hospital.
  • May 14 » War of the Austrian Succession: A British fleet under Admiral George Anson defeats the French at the First Battle of Cape Finisterre.
  • October 25 » War of the Austrian Succession: A British fleet under Admiral Edward Hawke defeats the French at the Second Battle of Cape Finisterre.

Day of death March 21, 1779

• The temperature on March 21, 1779 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: regen zeer betrokken hagel. 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 1779: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 14 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Kettle Creek is fought in Georgia.
  • June 1 » The court-martial for malfeasance of Benedict Arnold, a general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, begins.
  • July 16 » American Revolutionary War: Light infantry of the Continental Army seize a fortified British Army position in a midnight bayonet attack at the Battle of Stony Point.
  • August 13 » American Revolutionary War: The Royal Navy defeats the Penobscot Expedition with the most significant loss of United States naval forces prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor.
  • September 23 » American Revolution: John Paul Jones, naval commander of the United States, on board the USSBonhomme Richard, wins the Battle of Flamborough Head.
  • September 28 » American Revolution: Samuel Huntington is elected President of the Continental Congress, succeeding John Jay.

Day of burial March 23, 1779

• The temperature on March 23, 1779 was about 8.0 °C. Wind 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 1779: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 14 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Kettle Creek is fought in Georgia.
  • February 14 » James Cook is killed by Native Hawaiians near Kealakekua on the Island of Hawaii.
  • March 3 » American Revolutionary War: The Continental Army is routed at the Battle of Brier Creek near Savannah, Georgia.
  • June 16 » Spain declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain, and the Great Siege of Gibraltar begins.
  • July 6 » Battle of Grenada: The French defeat British naval forces during the American Revolutionary War.
  • September 16 » American Revolutionary War: The Franco-American Siege of Savannah begins.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1752 » Gio Nicola Buhagiar, Maltese painter (b. 1698)
• 1762 » Nicolas Louis de Lacaille, French priest, astronomer, and academic (b. 1713)
• 1772 » Jacques-Nicolas Bellin, French geographer and cartographer (b. 1703)
• 1795 » Giovanni Arduino, Italian miner and geologist (b. 1714)
• 1801 » Andrea Luchesi, Italian composer and educator (b. 1741)
• 1804 » Louis Antoine, Duke of Enghien (b. 1772)