Family tree Van Dijk » Petrus (Peeter) Christianus van Haaren (1722-1787)

Day of marriage April 23, 1758

• The temperature on April 23, 1758 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east by north. Weather type: 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)
• 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 1758: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 24 » During the Seven Years' War the leading burghers of Königsberg submit to Elizabeth of Russia, thus forming Russian Prussia (until 1763).
  • February 4 » The city of Macapá in Brazil is founded by Sebastião Veiga Cabral.
  • May 21 » Ten-year-old Mary Campbell is abducted in Pennsylvania by Lenape during the French and Indian War. She is returned six and a half years later.
  • June 12 » French and Indian War: Siege of Louisbourg: James Wolfe's attack at Louisbourg, Nova Scotia, commences.
  • August 25 » Seven Years' War: Frederick II of Prussia defeats the Russian army at the Battle of Zorndorf.
  • December 25 » Halley's Comet is sighted by Johann Georg Palitzsch, confirming Edmund Halley's prediction of its passage. This was the first passage of a comet predicted ahead of time.

Day of death January 22, 1787

• The temperature on January 22, 1787 was about 0.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: 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 1787: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 25 » Shays's Rebellion: The rebellion's largest confrontation, outside the Springfield Armory, results in the killing of four rebels and the wounding of twenty.
  • May 25 » After a delay of 11 days, the United States Constitutional Convention formally convenes in Philadelphia after a quorum of seven states is secured.
  • September 17 » The United States Constitution is signed in Philadelphia.
  • October 29 » Mozart's opera Don Giovanni receives its first performance in Prague.
  • December 7 » Delaware becomes the first state to ratify the United States Constitution.
  • December 18 » New Jersey becomes the third state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1750 » Franz Xaver Josef von Unertl, Bavarian politician (b. 1675)
• 1763 » John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1690)
• 1767 » Johann Gottlob Lehmann, German meteorologist and geologist (b. 1719)
• 1779 » Claudius Smith, American guerrilla leader (b. 1736)
• 1779 » Jeremiah Dixon, English surveyor and astronomer (b. 1733)
• 1798 » Lewis Morris, American judge and politician (b. 1726)