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Birthday November 10, 1759

• The temperature on November 10, 1759 was about 10.0 °C. There was 114 mm of rainWind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: regen 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 1759: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 11 » The first American life insurance company, the Corporation for Relief of Poor and Distressed Presbyterian Ministers and of the Poor and Distressed Widows and Children of the Presbyterian Ministers (now part of Unum Group), is incorporated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  • January 15 » The British Museum opens to the public.
  • May 1 » Josiah Wedgwood founds the Wedgwood pottery company in Great Britain.
  • August 1 » Seven Years' War: The Battle of Minden, an allied Anglo-German army victory over the French. In Britain this was one of a number of events that constituted the Annus Mirabilis of 1759 and is celebrated as Minden Day by certain British Army regiments.
  • August 19 » Battle of Lagos Naval battle during the Seven Years' War between Great Britain and France.
  • September 13 » Battle of the Plains of Abraham: the British defeat the French near Quebec City in the Seven Years' War, known in the United States as the French and Indian War.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1728 » Oliver Goldsmith, Irish-English author, poet, and playwright († 1774)
• 1735 » Granville Sharp, English activist and scholar, co-founded the Sierra Leone Company († 1813)
• 1755 » Franz Anton Ries, German violinist and educator († 1846)
• 1759 » Friedrich Schiller, German poet, playwright, and historian († 1805)
• 1764 » Andrés Manuel del Rio, Spanish-Mexican scientist and discoverer of vanadium († 1849)
• 1779 » Anne-Marie Javouhey, French nun, founder of the Sisters of St Joseph of Cluny († 1851)