Family tree Van Dijk » Joanna Catherina Meeus (1731-1778)

Day of marriage February 22, 1757

• The temperature on February 22, 1757 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west by south. Weather type: 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 1757: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 5 » Louis XV of France survives an assassination attempt by Robert-François Damiens, the last person to be executed in France by drawing and quartering, the traditional and gruesome form of capital punishment used for regicides.
  • January 16 » Forces of the Maratha Empire defeat a 5,000-strong army of the Durrani Empire in the Battle of Narela.
  • May 6 » Battle of Prague: A Prussian army fights an Austrian army in Prague during the Seven Years' War.
  • May 6 » The end of Konbaung–Hanthawaddy War, and the end of Burmese Civil War (1740–1757).
  • June 23 » Battle of Plassey: Three thousand British troops under Robert Clive defeat a 50,000-strong Indian army under Siraj ud-Daulah at Plassey.
  • December 31 » Empress Elizabeth I of Russia issues her ukase incorporating Königsberg into Russia.

Day of death June 22, 1778

• The temperature on June 22, 1778 was about 20.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. 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 1778: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 9 » Rhode Island becomes the fourth US state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
  • February 14 » The United States flag is formally recognized by a foreign naval vessel for the first time, when French Admiral Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte renders a nine gun salute to USSRanger, commanded by John Paul Jones.
  • May 12 » Heinrich XI, count of the Principality of Reuss-Greiz, is elevated to Prince by Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor.
  • 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.
  • July 10 » American Revolution: Louis XVI of France declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain.
  • August 29 » American Revolutionary War: British and American forces battle indecisively at the Battle of Rhode Island.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1699 » Josiah Child, English merchant, economist, and politician (b. 1630)
• 1714 » Matthew Henry, Welsh minister and author (b. 1662)
• 1766 » Carlo Zimech, Maltese priest and painter (b. 1696)
• 1868 » Heber C. Kimball, American religious leader (b. 1801)
• 1872 » Rudecindo Alvarado, Argentinian general (b. 1792)
• 1874 » Howard Staunton, English chess player (b. 1810)