Family tree Visser » Hendrik SMIT (1724-1776)

Day of marriage March 25, 1752

• The temperature on March 25, 1752 was about 7.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly north west from. Weather type: regen 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 1752: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 29 » King Alaungpaya founds Konbaung Dynasty, the last dynasty of Burmese monarchy.
  • April 20 » Start of Konbaung–Hanthawaddy War, a new phase in the Burmese Civil War (1740–57).
  • June 15 » Benjamin Franklin proves that lightning is electricity (traditional date, the exact date is unknown).
  • September 2 » Great Britain, along with its overseas possessions, adopts the Gregorian calendar.
  • September 14 » The British Empire adopts the Gregorian calendar, skipping eleven days (the previous day was September 2).

Day of death July 21, 1776

• The temperature on July 21, 1776 was about 24.0 °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 1776: Source: Wikipedia
  • June 8 » American Revolutionary War: American attackers are driven back at the Battle of Trois-Rivières.
  • July 4 » American Revolution: The United States Declaration of Independence is adopted by the Second Continental Congress.
  • July 12 » Captain James Cook begins his third voyage.
  • August 10 » American Revolutionary War: Word of the United States Declaration of Independence reaches London.
  • October 28 » American Revolutionary War: British troops attack and capture Chatterton Hill from the Continental Army.
  • December 5 » Phi Beta Kappa, the oldest academic honor society in the U.S., holds its first meeting at the College of William & Mary.

Day of burial November 24, 1773

• The temperature on November 24, 1773 was about 3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south by east. Weather type: zeer betrokken 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 1773: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 1 » The hymn that became known as "Amazing Grace", then titled "1 Chronicles 17:16–17" is first used to accompany a sermon led by John Newton in the town of Olney, Buckinghamshire, England.
  • June 1 » Wolraad Woltemade rescues 14 sailors at the Cape of Good Hope from the sinking ship De Jonge Thomas by riding his horse into the sea seven times. He drowned on his eighth attempt.
  • June 17 » Cúcuta, Colombia, is founded by Juana Rangel de Cuéllar.
  • October 12 » America's first insane asylum opens.
  • October 14 » The first recorded ministry of education, the Commission of National Education, is formed in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
  • December 16 » American Revolution: Boston Tea Party: Members of the Sons of Liberty disguised as Mohawk Indians dump hundreds of crates of tea into Boston harbor as a protest against the Tea Act.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1688 » James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1610)
• 1793 » Antoine Bruni d'Entrecasteaux, French admiral, explorer, and politician (b. 1739)
• 1796 » Robert Burns, Scottish poet and songwriter (b. 1759)
• 1798 » Anthony Perry, Irish rebel leader (b. ca. 1760)
• 1798 » François Sébastien Charles Joseph de Croix, Count of Clerfayt, Austrian field marshal (b. 1733)
• 1868 » William Bland, Australian surgeon and politician (b. 1789)