Family tree Van Dijk » Adriana van Besouw (1787-????)

Birthday June 1, 1787

• The temperature on June 1, 1787 was about 11.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: betrokken regen. 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
  • May 13 » Captain Arthur Phillip leaves Portsmouth, England, with eleven ships full of convicts (the "First Fleet") to establish a penal colony in Australia.
  • 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.
  • July 13 » The Continental Congress enacts the Northwest Ordinance establishing governing rules for the Northwest Territory. It also establishes procedures for the admission of new states and limits the expansion of slavery.
  • August 6 » Sixty proof sheets of the Constitution of the United States are delivered to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  • September 17 » The United States Constitution is signed in Philadelphia.
  • December 7 » Delaware becomes the first state to ratify the United States Constitution.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1770 » Friedrich Laun, German author († 1849)
• 1790 » Ferdinand Raimund, Austrian actor and playwright († 1836)
• 1796 » Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, French physicist and engineer († 1832)
• 1800 » Edward Deas Thomson, Australian educator and politician, Chief Secretary of New South Wales († 1879)
• 1801 » Brigham Young, American religious leader, 2nd President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints († 1877)
• 1804 » Mikhail Glinka, Russian composer († 1857)