Stephenson Family Tree » Magdalena Becker (1763-1778)

Christening day December 31, 1763

• The temperature on December 31, 1763 was about 6.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west. 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)
• Regent Lodewijk Ernst (Hertog van Brunswijk-Wolfenbüttel) was from 1759 till 1766 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• In the year 1763: Source: Wikipedia
  • May 9 » The Siege of Fort Detroit begins during Pontiac's War against British forces.
  • June 2 » Pontiac's Rebellion: At what is now Mackinaw City, Michigan, Chippewas capture Fort Michilimackinac by diverting the garrison's attention with a game of lacrosse, then chasing a ball into the fort.
  • August 5 » Pontiac's War: Battle of Bushy Run: British forces led by Henry Bouquet defeat Chief Pontiac's Indians at Bushy Run.
  • September 1 » Catherine II of Russia endorses Ivan Betskoy's plans for a Foundling Home in Moscow.
  • October 7 » King George III issues the Royal Proclamation of 1763, closing Indigenous lands in North America north and west of the Alleghenies to white settlements.
  • December 2 » Dedication of the Touro Synagogue, in Newport, Rhode Island, the first synagogue in what will become the United States.

Day of death February 1, 1778

• The temperature on February 1, 1778 was about -1 °C. Wind direction mainly east. 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 1778: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 6 » American Revolutionary War: In Paris the Treaty of Alliance and the Treaty of Amity and Commerce are signed by the United States and France signaling official recognition of the new republic.
  • 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.
  • June 18 » American Revolutionary War: British troops abandon Philadelphia.
  • July 28 » Constitution of the province of Cantabria ratified at the Assembly Hall in Bárcena la Puente, Reocín, Spain.
  • December 29 » American Revolutionary War: Three thousand British soldiers under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Campbell capture Savannah, Georgia.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1734 » John Floyer, English physician and author (b. 1649)
• 1743 » Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, Italian organist and composer (b. 1657)
• 1750 » Bakar of Georgia (b. 1699)
• 1761 » Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix, French priest and historian (b. 1682)
• 1768 » Sir Robert Rich, 4th Baronet, English field marshal and politician (b. 1685)
• 1793 » William Barrington, 2nd Viscount Barrington, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1717)