Family tree van de families Zonneveld, Spierings, de Jager, Kanters, Laarman en Yperen en vele andere families » Martijntje Cornelisse van der Pol (1778-????)

Birthday September 13, 1778

• The temperature on September 13, 1778 was about 13.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north west from. Weather 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 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.
  • June 28 » American Revolutionary War: The American Continentals engage the British in the Battle of Monmouth Courthouse resulting in standstill and British withdrawal under cover of darkness.
  • August 21 » American Revolutionary War: British forces begin besieging the French outpost at Pondichéry.
  • November 11 » Cherry Valley massacre: Loyalists and Seneca Indian forces attack a fort and village in eastern New York during the American Revolutionary War, killing more than forty civilians and soldiers.
  • 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.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1755 » Oliver Evans, American inventor, engineer and businessman († 1819)
• 1802 » Arnold Ruge, German philosopher and author († 1880)
• 1813 » John Sedgwick, American general and educator († 1864)
• 1818 » Lucy Goode Brooks, Former American slave and a founder of Friends' Asylum for Colored Orphans († 1900)
• 1819 » Clara Schumann, German pianist and composer († 1896)
• 1830 » Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Austrian author († 1916)