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Christening day November 7, 1742

• The temperature on November 7, 1742 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: geheel betrokken regen hagel. 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 1742: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 24 » Charles VII Albert becomes Holy Roman Emperor.
  • February 16 » Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington, becomes British Prime Minister.
  • April 13 » George Frideric Handel's oratorio Messiah makes its world-premiere in Dublin, Ireland.

Day of marriage May 4, 1763

• The temperature on May 4, 1763 was about 9.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly north-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)
• 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
  • May 9 » The Siege of Fort Detroit begins during Pontiac's War against British forces.
  • 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.
  • October 7 » King George III issues the Royal Proclamation of 1763, closing Indigenous lands in North America north and west of the Alleghenies to white settlements.
  • December 2 » Dedication of the Touro Synagogue, in Newport, Rhode Island, the first synagogue in what will become the United States.

Day of death September 4, 1789

• The temperature on September 4, 1789 was about 16.0 °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 1789: Source: Wikipedia
  • June 17 » In France, the Third Estate declares itself the National Assembly.
  • July 15 » Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, is named by acclamation Colonel General of the new National Guard of Paris.
  • August 4 » France: Members of the National Constituent Assembly take an oath to end feudalism and abandon their privileges.
  • September 22 » Battle of Rymnik: Alexander Suvorov's Russian and allied army defeats superior Ottoman Empire forces.
  • September 24 » The United States Congress passes the Judiciary Act, creating the office of the Attorney General and federal judiciary system and ordering the composition of the Supreme Court.
  • November 21 » North Carolina ratifies the United States Constitution and is admitted as the 12th U.S. state.

Day of burial September 14, 1789

• The temperature on September 14, 1789 was about 10.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southeast. 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 1789: Source: Wikipedia
  • April 7 » Selim III became Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam.
  • August 26 » The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen is approved by the National Constituent Assembly of France.
  • September 24 » The United States Congress passes the Judiciary Act, creating the office of the Attorney General and federal judiciary system and ordering the composition of the Supreme Court.
  • September 29 » The United States Department of War first establishes a regular army with a strength of several hundred men.
  • October 3 » George Washington proclaims a Thanksgiving Day for that year.
  • October 19 » John Jay is sworn in as the first Chief Justice of the United States.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1767 » Charles Townshend, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1725)
• 1780 » John Fielding, English lawyer and judge (b. 1721)
• 1784 » César-François Cassini de Thury, French astronomer and cartographer (b. 1714)
• 1794 » John Hely-Hutchinson, Anglo-Irish lawyer and politician (b. 1724)
• 1804 » Richard Somers, American lieutenant (b. 1778)
• 1820 » Timothy Brown, English banker and merchant (b. 1743/4)