Vielhaber Web Tree » Anna Maria Stute (1753-1779)

Day of marriage March 10, 1774

• The temperature on March 10, 1774 was about 4.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: sneeuw 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)
• In the year 1774: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 21 » Abdul Hamid I becomes Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam.
  • June 2 » Intolerable Acts: The Quartering Act is enacted, allowing a governor in colonial America to house British soldiers in uninhabited houses, outhouses, barns, or other buildings if suitable quarters are not provided.
  • June 13 » Rhode Island becomes the first of Britain's North American colonies to ban the importation of slaves.
  • August 1 » British scientist Joseph Priestley discovers oxygen gas, corroborating the prior discovery of this element by German-Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele.
  • September 5 » First Continental Congress assembles in Philadelphia.
  • October 26 » The first Continental Congress adjourns in Philadelphia.

Day of death September 6, 1779

• The temperature on September 6, 1779 was about 15.0 °C. There was 44 mm of rainWind direction mainly west-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)
• In the year 1779: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 14 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Kettle Creek is fought in Georgia.
  • June 16 » Spain declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain, and the Great Siege of Gibraltar begins.
  • July 6 » Battle of Grenada: The French defeat British naval forces during the American Revolutionary War.
  • July 16 » American Revolutionary War: Light infantry of the Continental Army seize a fortified British Army position in a midnight bayonet attack at the Battle of Stony Point.
  • September 23 » American Revolution: John Paul Jones, naval commander of the United States, on board the USSBonhomme Richard, wins the Battle of Flamborough Head.
  • September 28 » American Revolution: Samuel Huntington is elected President of the Continental Congress, succeeding John Jay.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1708 » Sir John Morden, 1st Baronet, English merchant and philanthropist, founded Morden College (b. 1623)
• 1748 » Edmund Gibson, English bishop and scholar (b. 1669)
• 1783 » Carlo Bertinazzi, Italian actor and author (b. 1710)
• 1808 » Louis-Pierre Anquetil, French historian and author (b. 1723)
• 1836 » Gaspar Flores de Abrego, three terms mayor of San Antonio, in Spanish Texas (b. 1781)
• 1868 » Pierre Adolphe Rost, American lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1797)