Family tree Vergote » Joanna Maria Steyaert (1760-1787)

Christening day February 3, 1760

• The temperature on February 3, 1760 was about -1 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. 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)
• Regent Lodewijk Ernst (Hertog van Brunswijk-Wolfenbüttel) was from 1759 till 1766 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• In the year 1760: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 9 » Ahmad Shah Durrani defeats the Marathas in the Battle of Barari Ghat.
  • June 23 » Seven Years' War: Battle of Landeshut: Austria defeats Prussia.
  • July 8 » British forces defeat French forces in the last naval battle in New France.
  • October 9 » Seven Years' War: Russian and Austrian troops briefly occupy Berlin.
  • October 25 » King George III succeeds to the British throne on death of his grandfather George II
  • November 15 » The secondly-built Castellania in Valletta is officially inaugurated with the blessing of the interior Chapel of Sorrows.

Day of marriage May 6, 1780

• The temperature on May 6, 1780 was about 12.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west by south. 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
  • May 19 » New England's Dark Day, an unusual darkening of the day sky, was observed over the New England states and parts of Canada.
  • August 22 » James Cook's ship HMSResolution returns to England (Cook having been killed on Hawaii during the voyage).
  • October 2 » American Revolutionary War: John André, a British Army officer, is hanged as a spy by the Continental Army.
  • November 4 » The Rebellion of Túpac Amaru II against Spanish rule in the Viceroyalty of Peru begins.
  • November 5 » French-American forces under Colonel LaBalme are defeated by Miami Chief Little Turtle.
  • December 14 » Founding Father Alexander Hamilton marries Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton at the Schuyler Mansion in Albany, New York

Day of death December 1, 1787

• The temperature on December 1, 1787 was about -3 °C. 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 1787: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 3 » Militia led by General Benjamin Lincoln crush the remnants of Shays' Rebellion in Petersham, Massachusetts.
  • June 20 » Oliver Ellsworth moves at the Federal Convention to call the government the 'United States'.
  • September 17 » The United States Constitution is signed in Philadelphia.
  • September 28 » The Congress of the Confederation votes to send the newly-written United States Constitution to the state legislatures for approval.
  • December 7 » Delaware becomes the first state to ratify the United States Constitution.
  • December 18 » New Jersey becomes the third state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1729 » Giacomo F. Maraldi, French-Italian astronomer and mathematician (b. 1665)
• 1750 » Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr, German mathematician, astronomer, and cartographer (b. 1671)
• 1755 » Maurice Greene, English organist and composer (b. 1696)
• 1767 » Henry Erskine, 10th Earl of Buchan, Scottish politician (b. 1710)
• 1825 » Alexander I, emperor and autocrat of Russia (b. 1777)
• 1865 » Abraham Emanuel Fröhlich, Swiss pastor, poet, and educator (b. 1796)