Family tree Vercauteren » Anna Maria de Waele (1775-????)

Birthday April 3, 1775

• The temperature on April 3, 1775 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: omtrent helder. 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 1775: Source: Wikipedia
  • March 8 » An anonymous writer, thought by some to be Thomas Paine, publishes "African Slavery in America", the first article in the American colonies calling for the emancipation of slaves and the abolition of slavery.
  • April 14 » The first abolition society in North America is established. The Society for the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully Held in Bondage is organized in Philadelphia by Benjamin Franklin and Benjamin Rush.
  • September 17 » American Revolutionary War: The Invasion of Canada begins with the Siege of Fort St. Jean.
  • October 13 » The Continental Congress establishes the Continental Navy (predecessor of the United States Navy).
  • October 27 » King George III expands on his Proclamation of Rebellion in the Thirteen Colonies in his speech from the throne at the opening of Parliament.
  • December 5 » At Fort Ticonderoga, Henry Knox begins his historic transport of artillery to Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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• 1769 » Christian Günther von Bernstorff, Danish-Prussian politician and diplomat († 1835)
• 1770 » Theodoros Kolokotronis, Greek general († 1843)
• 1778 » Pierre Bretonneau, French doctor who performed the first successful tracheotomy († 1862)
• 1781 » Swaminarayan, Indian religious leader († 1830)
• 1782 » Alexander Macomb, American general († 1841)
• 1783 » Washington Irving, American short story writer, essayist, biographer, historian († 1859)