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Christening day July 21, 1754

• The temperature on July 21, 1754 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south by west. Weather type: geheel 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)
• Regentes Anna (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1759 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• In the year 1754: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 28 » Sir Horace Walpole coins the word serendipity in a letter to a friend.
  • May 28 » French and Indian War: In the first engagement of the war, Virginia militia under the 22-year-old Lieutenant colonel George Washington defeat a French reconnaissance party in the Battle of Jumonville Glen in what is now Fayette County in southwestern Pennsylvania.
  • July 3 » French and Indian War: George Washington surrenders Fort Necessity to French forces.

Day of marriage January 27, 1778

• The temperature on January 27, 1778 was about -6 °C. Wind direction mainly east. Weather type: helder. Special wheather fenomena: noorderlicht. 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 1778: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 6 » American Revolutionary War: In Paris the Treaty of Alliance and the Treaty of Amity and Commerce are signed by the United States and France signaling official recognition of the new republic.
  • February 6 » New York became the third state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
  • July 10 » American Revolution: Louis XVI of France declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain.
  • September 17 » The Treaty of Fort Pitt is signed. It is the first formal treaty between the United States and a Native American tribe.
  • December 15 » American Revolutionary War: British and French fleets clash in the Battle of St. Lucia.
  • December 29 » American Revolutionary War: Three thousand British soldiers under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Campbell capture Savannah, Georgia.

Day of death July 28, 1787

• The temperature on July 28, 1787 was about 16.0 °C. Wind 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 1787: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 25 » Shays's Rebellion: The rebellion's largest confrontation, outside the Springfield Armory, results in the killing of four rebels and the wounding of twenty.
  • February 3 » Militia led by General Benjamin Lincoln crush the remnants of Shays' Rebellion in Petersham, Massachusetts.
  • May 25 » After a delay of 11 days, the United States Constitutional Convention formally convenes in Philadelphia after a quorum of seven states is secured.
  • August 6 » Sixty proof sheets of the Constitution of the United States are delivered to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  • September 28 » The Congress of the Confederation votes to send the newly-written United States Constitution to the state legislatures for approval.
  • October 1 » Russians under Alexander Suvorov defeat the Turks at Kinburn.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1762 » George Dodington, 1st Baron Melcombe, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Somerset (b. 1691)
• 1794 » Louis Antoine de Saint-Just, French soldier and politician (b. 1767)
• 1794 » Maximilien Robespierre, French lawyer and politician, 2nd President of the Committee of Public Safety (b. 1758)
• 1808 » Selim III, Ottoman sultan (b. 1761)
• 1809 » Richard Beckett, English cricketer and captain (b.1772)
• 1818 » Gaspard Monge, French mathematician and engineer (b. 1746)