Family tree Warta » Nanke Behrens (1772-1780)

Christening day March 24, 1772

• The temperature on March 24, 1772 was about 5.0 °C. There was 110 mm of rainWeather type: regen 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 1772: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 1 » The first traveler's cheques, which could be used in 90 European cities, were issued by the London Credit Exchange Company.
  • June 9 » The British schooner Gaspee is burned in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island.
  • June 12 » French explorer Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne and 25 of his men killed by Māori in New Zealand.
  • August 19 » Gustav III of Sweden stages a coup d'état, in which he assumes power and enacts a new constitution that divides power between the Riksdag and the King.
  • August 21 » King Gustav III completes his coup d'état by adopting a new Constitution, ending half a century of parliamentary rule in Sweden and installing himself as an enlightened despot.
  • September 1 » The Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa is founded in San Luis Obispo, California.

Day of death March 12, 1780

• The temperature on March 12, 1780 was about 12.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: 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 12 » American Revolutionary War: In the largest defeat of the Continental Army, Charleston, South Carolina is taken by British forces.
  • September 21 » American Revolutionary War: Benedict Arnold gives the British the plans to West Point.
  • September 23 » American Revolution: British Major John André is arrested as a spy by American soldiers exposing Benedict Arnold's change of sides.
  • October 2 » American Revolutionary War: John André, a British Army officer, is hanged as a spy by the Continental Army.
  • October 16 » American Revolutionary War: The British-led Royalton raid is the last Native American raid on New England.
  • November 4 » The Rebellion of Túpac Amaru II against Spanish rule in the Viceroyalty of Peru begins.

Day of burial March 17, 1780

• The temperature on March 17, 1780 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-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 1780: Source: Wikipedia
  • March 14 » American Revolutionary War: Spanish forces capture Fort Charlotte in Mobile, Alabama, the last British frontier post capable of threatening New Orleans.
  • 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".
  • June 23 » American Revolution: Battle of Springfield fought in and around Springfield, New Jersey (including Short Hills, formerly of Springfield, now of Millburn Township).
  • October 16 » American Revolutionary War: The British-led Royalton raid is the last Native American raid on New England.
  • November 5 » French-American forces under Colonel LaBalme are defeated by Miami Chief Little Turtle.
  • November 9 » American Revolutionary War: In the Battle of Fishdam Ford a force of British and Loyalist troops fail in a surprise attack against the South Carolina Patriot militia under Brigadier General Thomas Sumter.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1648 » Tirso de Molina, Spanish monk and poet (b. 1571)
• 1699 » Peder Griffenfeld, Danish politician (b. 1635)
• 1898 » Zachris Topelius, Finnish-Swedish journalist, historian, and author (b. 1818)
• 1916 » Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Austrian author (b. 1830)
• 1925 » Sun Yat-sen, Chinese physician and politician, 1st President of the Republic of China (b. 1866)
• 1929 » Asa Griggs Candler, American businessman and politician, 44th Mayor of Atlanta (b. 1851)