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Christening day October 7, 1736

• The temperature on October 7, 1736 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest by south. Weather type: helder. Special wheather fenomena: noorderlicht. Source: KNMI
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  Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• In the year 1736: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 26 » Stanislaus I of Poland abdicates his throne.
  • March 8 » Nader Shah, founder of the Afsharid dynasty, is crowned Shah of Iran.
  • April 15 » Foundation of the Kingdom of Corsica.
  • May 26 » The Battle of Ackia was fought near the present site of Tupelo, Mississippi. British and Chickasaw soldiers repelled a French and Choctaw attack on the then-Chickasaw village of Ackia.
  • October 16 » Mathematician William Whiston's predicted comet fails to strike the Earth.

Day of marriage August 16, 1772

• The temperature on August 16, 1772 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: donker. Special wheather fenomena: droog. 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 1772: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 1 » The first traveler's cheques, which could be used in 90 European cities, were issued by the London Credit Exchange Company.
  • June 9 » The British schooner Gaspee is burned in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island.
  • June 12 » French explorer Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne and 25 of his men killed by Māori in New Zealand.
  • August 19 » Gustav III of Sweden stages a coup d'état, in which he assumes power and enacts a new constitution that divides power between the Riksdag and the King.
  • August 21 » King Gustav III completes his coup d'état by adopting a new Constitution, ending half a century of parliamentary rule in Sweden and installing himself as an enlightened despot.
  • September 1 » The Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa is founded in San Luis Obispo, California.

Day of death August 17, 1781

• The temperature on August 17, 1781 was about 18.0 °C. There was 44 mm of rainWind direction mainly 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 1781: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 5 » American Revolutionary War: Richmond, Virginia, is burned by British naval forces led by Benedict Arnold.
  • January 6 » In the Battle of Jersey, the British defeat the last attempt by France to invade Jersey in the Channel Islands.
  • March 1 » The Articles of Confederation goes into effect in the United States.
  • March 13 » William Herschel discovers Uranus.
  • September 5 » Battle of the Chesapeake in the American Revolutionary War: The British Navy is repelled by the French Navy, contributing to the British surrender at Yorktown.
  • October 20 » The Patent of Toleration, providing limited freedom of worship, is approved in Austria.

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• 1768 » Vasily Trediakovsky, Russian poet and playwright (b. 1703)
• 1785 » Jonathan Trumbull, English-American merchant and politician, 16th Governor of Connecticut (b. 1710)
• 1786 » Frederick the Great, Prussian king (b. 1712)
• 1809 » Matthew Boulton, English businessman and engineer, co-founded Boulton and Watt (b. 1728)
• 1814 » John Johnson, English architect and surveyor (b. 1732)
• 1834 » Husein Gradaščević, Ottoman general (b. 1802)