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Christening day May 28, 1741

• The temperature on May 28, 1741 was about 16.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: omtrent helder. 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 1741: Source: Wikipedia
  • March 18 » New York governor George Clarke's complex at Fort George is burned in an arson attack, starting the New York Conspiracy of 1741.
  • May 20 » The Battle of Cartagena de Indias ends in a Spanish victory and the British begin withdrawal towards Jamaica with substantial losses.
  • June 25 » Maria Theresa is crowned Queen of Hungary.
  • July 31 » Charles Albert of Bavaria invades Upper Austria and Bohemia.
  • August 10 » King Marthanda Varma of Travancore defeats the Dutch East India Company at the Battle of Colachel, effectively bringing about the end of the Dutch colonial rule in India.
  • September 14 » George Frideric Handel completes his oratorio Messiah.

Day of marriage July 15, 1763

• The temperature on July 15, 1763 was about 15.0 °C. There was 66 mm of rainWind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: regen 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
  • February 10 » French and Indian War: The Treaty of Paris ends the war and France cedes Quebec to Great Britain.
  • 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.
  • July 31 » Odawa Chief Pontiac's forces defeat British troops at the Battle of Bloody Run during Pontiac's War.
  • 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.

Day of death February 5, 1783

• The temperature on February 5, 1783 was about 7.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly 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 1783: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 3 » Spain–United States relations are first established.
  • April 15 » Preliminary articles of peace ending the American Revolutionary War (or American War of Independence) are ratified.
  • June 8 » Laki, a volcano in Iceland, begins an eight-month eruption which kills over 9,000 people and starts a seven-year famine.
  • July 24 » The Kingdom of Georgia and the Russian Empire sign the Treaty of Georgievsk.
  • August 18 » A huge fireball meteor is seen across Great Britain as it passes over the east coast.
  • November 21 » In Paris, Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and François Laurent d'Arlandes, make the first untethered hot air balloon flight.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1751 » Henri François d'Aguesseau, French jurist and politician, Chancellor of France (b. 1668)
• 1754 » Nicolaas Kruik, Dutch astronomer and cartographer (b. 1678)
• 1766 » Count Leopold Joseph von Daun, Austrian field marshal (b. 1705)
• 1775 » Eusebius Amort, German theologian and academic (b. 1692)
• 1790 » William Cullen, Scottish physician and chemist (b. 1710)
• 1807 » Pasquale Paoli, Corsican commander and politician (b. 1725)