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Christening day August 21, 1774

• The temperature on August 21, 1774 was about 16.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-southeast. Weather type: helder. Special wheather fenomena: dauw. 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 1774: Source: Wikipedia
  • May 10 » Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette become King and Queen of France.
  • June 2 » Intolerable Acts: The Quartering Act is enacted, allowing a governor in colonial America to house British soldiers in uninhabited houses, outhouses, barns, or other buildings if suitable quarters are not provided.
  • June 13 » Rhode Island becomes the first of Britain's North American colonies to ban the importation of slaves.
  • June 22 » The British pass the Quebec Act, setting out rules of governance for the colony of Quebec in British North America.
  • September 1 » Massachusetts Bay colonists rise up in the bloodless Powder Alarm.
  • October 21 » The flag of Taunton, Massachusetts is the first to include the word "Liberty".

Day of death May 22, 1777

• The temperature on May 22, 1777 was about 16.0 °C. Wind 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
  • July 7 » American forces retreating from Fort Ticonderoga are defeated in the Battle of Hubbardton.
  • August 16 » American Revolutionary War: The Americans led by General John Stark rout British and Brunswick troops under Friedrich Baum at the Battle of Bennington in Walloomsac, New York.
  • September 19 » American Revolutionary War: British forces win a tactically expensive victory over the Continental Army in the First Battle of Saratoga.
  • September 26 » American Revolution: British troops occupy Philadelphia.
  • November 17 » Articles of Confederation (United States) are submitted to the states for ratification.
  • December 19 » American Revolutionary War: George Washington's Continental Army goes into winter quarters at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania.

Day of burial May 24, 1777

• The temperature on May 24, 1777 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly 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 1777: Source: Wikipedia
  • September 19 » American Revolutionary War: British forces win a tactically expensive victory over the Continental Army in the First Battle of Saratoga.
  • September 26 » American Revolution: British troops occupy Philadelphia.
  • October 6 » American Revolutionary War: British forces capture Forts Clinton and Montgomery on the Hudson River.
  • November 17 » Articles of Confederation (United States) are submitted to the states for ratification.
  • December 17 » American Revolution: France formally recognizes the United States.
  • December 24 » Kiritimati, also called Christmas Island, is discovered by James Cook.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1745 » François-Marie, 1st duc de Broglie, French general (b. 1671)
• 1760 » Baal Shem Tov, Polish rabbi and author (b. 1700)
• 1772 » Durastante Natalucci, Italian historian and academic (b. 1687)
• 1795 » Ewald Friedrich von Hertzberg, Prussian politician, Foreign Minister of Prussia (b. 1725)
• 1802 » Martha Washington, First, First Lady of the United States (b. 1731)
• 1851 » Mordecai Manuel Noah, American journalist and diplomat (b. 1755)