West-Europese adel » Philippa Theodora Mossel (1731-1765)

Day of marriage March 6, 1762

• The temperature on March 6, 1762 was about 0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: 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 1762: Source: Wikipedia
  • March 10 » French Huguenot Jean Calas, who had been wrongly convicted of killing his son, dies after being tortured by authorities; the event inspired Voltaire to begin a campaign for religious tolerance and legal reform.
  • May 5 » Russia and Prussia sign the Treaty of St. Petersburg.
  • June 6 » In the Seven Years' War, British forces begin the Siege of Havana and temporarily capture the city.
  • June 24 » Battle of Wilhelmsthal: The British-Hanoverian army of Ferdinand of Brunswick defeats French forces in Westphalia.
  • July 9 » Catherine the Great becomes Empress of Russia following the coup against her husband, Peter III.
  • September 12 » The Sultanate of Sulu ceded Balambangan Island to the British East India Company

Day of death April 1, 1765

• The temperature on April 1, 1765 was about 12.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: regen hagel 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 1765: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 25 » Port Egmont, the first British settlement in the Falkland Islands near the southern tip of South America, is founded.
  • March 9 » After a campaign by the writer Voltaire, judges in Paris posthumously exonerate Jean Calas of murdering his son. Calas had been tortured and executed in 1762 on the charge, though his son may have actually committed suicide.
  • March 22 » The British Parliament passes the Stamp Act that introduces a tax to be levied directly on its American colonies.
  • March 24 » Great Britain passes the Quartering Act, which requires the Thirteen Colonies to house British troops.
  • August 12 » Treaty of Allahabad is signed. The Treaty marks the political and constitutional involvement and the beginning of Company rule in India.
  • November 1 » The British Parliament enacts the Stamp Act on the Thirteen Colonies in order to help pay for British military operations in North America.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1682 » Franz Egon of Fürstenberg, Bavarian bishop (b. 1625)
• 1787 » Floyer Sydenham, English scholar and academic (b. 1710)
• 1839 » Benjamin Pierce, American soldier and politician, 11th Governor of New Hampshire (b. 1757)
• 1865 » Giuditta Pasta, Italian soprano (b. 1797)
• 1872 » Frederick Denison Maurice, English theologian and academic (b. 1805)
• 1878 » John C.W. Daly, English-Canadian soldier and politician (b. 1796)