Pedigree of Steven van Hell » Gerrit Elbertsen Vliek (1738-1787)

Christening day October 12, 1738

• The temperature on October 12, 1738 was about 12.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north. Weather type: zeer 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 1738: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 7 » A peace treaty is signed between Peshwa Bajirao and Jai Singh II following Maratha victory in the Battle of Bhopal.
  • April 18 » Real Academia de la Historia ("Royal Academy of History") is founded in Madrid.
  • May 24 » John Wesley is converted, essentially launching the Methodist movement; the day is celebrated annually by Methodists as Aldersgate Day and a church service is generally held on the preceding Sunday.
  • May 25 » A treaty between Pennsylvania and Maryland ends the Conojocular War with settlement of a boundary dispute and exchange of prisoners.
  • July 15 » Baruch Laibov and Alexander Voznitzin are burned alive in St. Petersburg, Russia. Vonitzin had converted to Judaism with Laibov's help, with the consent of Empress Anna Ivanovna.
  • July 20 » Canadian explorer Pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de La Vérendrye reaches the western shore of Lake Michigan.

Day of marriage April 20, 1778

• The temperature on April 20, 1778 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. 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
  • January 18 » James Cook is the first known European to discover the Hawaiian Islands, which he names the "Sandwich Islands".
  • February 5 » South Carolina becomes the second state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
  • 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.
  • August 3 » The theatre La Scala in Milan is inaugurated with the première of Antonio Salieri's Europa riconosciuta.
  • August 21 » American Revolutionary War: British forces begin besieging the French outpost at Pondichéry.
  • September 19 » The Continental Congress passes the first United States federal budget.

Day of death April 19, 1787

• The temperature on April 19, 1787 was about 7.0 °C. There was 44 mm of rainWind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: 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 1787: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 11 » William Herschel discovers Titania and Oberon, two moons of Uranus.
  • May 13 » Captain Arthur Phillip leaves Portsmouth, England, with eleven ships full of convicts (the "First Fleet") to establish a penal colony in Australia.
  • June 20 » Oliver Ellsworth moves at the Federal Convention to call the government the 'United States'.
  • 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.
  • September 17 » The United States Constitution is signed in Philadelphia.
  • December 18 » New Jersey becomes the third state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1768 » Canaletto, Italian painter and etcher (b. 1697)
• 1776 » Jacob Emden, German rabbi and author (b. 1697)
• 1791 » Richard Price, Welsh-English preacher and philosopher (b. 1723)
• 1813 » Benjamin Rush, American physician and educator (b. 1745)
• 1824 » Lord Byron, English-Scottish poet and playwright (b. 1788)
• 1831 » Johann Gottlieb Friedrich von Bohnenberger, German astronomer and mathematician (b. 1765)