Family tree Wim Westphaal » Joannes Plassaart (Platschart) (1750-1750)

Day of death March 20, 1750

• The temperature on March 20, 1750 was about 10.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
• Erfstadhouder Prins Willem IV (Huis van Oranje) was from 1747 till 1751 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• In the year 1750: Source: Wikipedia
  • November 11 » Riots break out in Lhasa after the murder of the Tibetan regent.
  • November 11 » The F.H.C. Society, also known as the Flat Hat Club, is formed at Raleigh Tavern, Williamsburg, Virginia. It is the first college fraternity.
  • November 24 » Tarabai, regent of the Maratha Empire, imprisons Rajaram II of Satara for refusing to remove Balaji Baji Rao from the post of peshwa.

Day of burial November 2, 1759

• The temperature on November 2, 1759 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly 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)
• 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 1759: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 11 » The first American life insurance company, the Corporation for Relief of Poor and Distressed Presbyterian Ministers and of the Poor and Distressed Widows and Children of the Presbyterian Ministers (now part of Unum Group), is incorporated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  • January 15 » The British Museum opens to the public.
  • July 25 » French and Indian War: In Western New York, British forces capture Fort Niagara from the French, who subsequently abandon Fort Rouillé.
  • September 13 » Battle of the Plains of Abraham: the British defeat the French near Quebec City in the Seven Years' War, known in the United States as the French and Indian War.
  • November 25 » An earthquake hits the Mediterranean destroying Beirut and Damascus and killing 30,000-40,000.
  • December 31 » Arthur Guinness signs a 9,000 year lease at £45 per annum and starts brewing Guinness.

Source: Wikipedia

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