Family tree Van Dijk » Petrus Wilhelmus Wolfs (1735-1783)

Christening day April 8, 1730

• The temperature on April 8, 1730 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north. Weather type: geheel betrokken. 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 1730: Source: Wikipedia
  • April 8 » Shearith Israel, the first synagogue in New York City, is dedicated.
  • July 8 » An estimated magnitude 8.7 earthquake causes a tsunami that damages more than 1,000km (620mi) of Chile's coastline.
  • October 1 » Ahmed III is forced to abdicate as the Ottoman sultan.
  • October 22 » Construction of the Ladoga Canal is completed.
  • November 18 » The future Frederick II (known as Frederick the Great), King of Prussia, is granted a royal pardon and released from confinement.

Day of marriage May 4, 1777

• The temperature on May 4, 1777 was about 12.0 °C. There was 66 mm of rainWind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: omtrent 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 1777: Source: Wikipedia
  • June 13 » American Revolutionary War: Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette lands near Charleston, South Carolina, in order to help the Continental Congress to train its army.
  • July 6 » American Revolutionary War: Siege of Fort Ticonderoga: After a bombardment by British artillery under General John Burgoyne, American forces retreat from Fort Ticonderoga, New York.
  • July 31 » The U.S. Second Continental Congress passes a resolution that the services of Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette "be accepted, and that, in consideration of his zeal, illustrious family and connexions, he have the rank and commission of major-general of the United States."
  • August 6 » American Revolutionary War: The bloody Battle of Oriskany prevents American relief of the Siege of Fort Stanwix.
  • October 22 » American Revolutionary War: American defenders of Fort Mercer on the Delaware River repulse repeated Hessian attacks in the Battle of Red Bank.
  • November 29 » San Jose, California, is founded as Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe by José Joaquín Moraga. It is the first civilian settlement, or pueblo, in Alta California.

Day of death November 26, 1783

• The temperature on November 26, 1783 was about 7.0 °C. Weather type: betrokken mist. 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 1783: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 20 » The Kingdom of Great Britain signed preliminary articles of peace with France, setting the stage to the official end of hostilities in the American Revolutionary War later that year.
  • February 5 » In Calabria, a sequence of strong earthquakes begins.
  • April 15 » Preliminary articles of peace ending the American Revolutionary War (or American War of Independence) are ratified.
  • April 18 » Three-Fifths Compromise: the first instance of black slaves in the United States of America being counted as three fifths of persons (for the purpose of taxation), in a resolution of the Congress of the Confederation. This was later adopted in the 1787 Constitution.
  • August 18 » A huge fireball meteor is seen across Great Britain as it passes over the east coast.
  • November 21 » In Paris, Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and François Laurent d'Arlandes, make the first untethered hot air balloon flight.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1717 » Daniel Purcell, English organist and composer (b. 1664)
• 1719 » John Hudson, English librarian and scholar (b. 1662)
• 1780 » James Steuart, Scottish economist and educator (b. 1712)
• 1829 » Thomas Buck Reed, American lawyer and politician (b. 1787)
• 1836 » John Loudon McAdam, Scottish engineer (b. 1756)
• 1851 » Jean-de-Dieu Soult, French general and politician, 12th Prime Minister of France (b. 1769)