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Day of marriage October 17, 1745

• The temperature on October 17, 1745 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: regen 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 1745: Source: Wikipedia
  • May 11 » War of the Austrian Succession: French forces defeat an Anglo-Dutch–Hanoverian army.
  • June 4 » Battle of Hohenfriedberg: Frederick the Great's Prussian army decisively defeated an Austrian army under Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine during the War of the Austrian Succession.
  • June 28 » A New England colonial army captures the French fortifications at Louisbourg (New Style).
  • September 21 » A Hanoverian army is defeated, in ten minutes, by the Jacobite forces of Prince Charles Edward Stuart
  • November 8 » Charles Edward Stuart invades England with an army of ~5000 that would later participate in the Battle of Culloden.
  • December 6 » Charles Edward Stuart's army begins retreat during the second Jacobite Rising.

Day of death July 31, 1777

• The temperature on July 31, 1777 was about 18.0 °C. There was 26 mm of rainWind direction mainly south-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 1777: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 2 » American Revolutionary War: American forces under the command of George Washington repulsed a British attack at the Battle of the Assunpink Creek near Trenton, New Jersey.
  • April 26 » Sybil Ludington, aged 16, rode 40 miles (64km) to alert American colonial forces to the approach of the British regular forces
  • April 27 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Ridgefield: A British invasion force engages and defeats Continental Army regulars and militia irregulars at Ridgefield, Connecticut.
  • October 17 » American Revolutionary War: British General John Burgoyne surrenders his army at Saratoga, New York.
  • October 22 » American Revolutionary War: American defenders of Fort Mercer on the Delaware River repulse repeated Hessian attacks in the Battle of Red Bank.
  • December 16 » Virginia becomes the first state to ratify the Articles of Confederation. [1]

Source: Wikipedia

• 1726 » Nicolaus II Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician and theorist (b. 1695)
• 1750 » John V, king of Portugal (b. 1689)
• 1762 » Luis Vicente de Velasco e Isla, Spanish sailor and commander (b. 1711)
• 1781 » John Bligh, 3rd Earl of Darnley, British parliamentarian (b. 1719)
• 1784 » Denis Diderot, French philosopher and critic (b. 1713)
• 1805 » Dheeran Chinnamalai, Indian soldier (b. 1756)