Person report

★05 Aug 1716
Austro-Turkish War: The Ottoman army were defeated in their attempt to capture the Habsburgs-controlled Petrovaradin Fortress despite having double the number of soldiers.

★19 Aug 1745
Bonnie Prince Charlie raised the Jacobite standard at Glenfinnan in the Scottish Highlands to begin the Jacobite rising of 1745.

★26 Aug 1748
The first Lutheran denomination in North America, the Pennsylvania Ministerium, was founded in Philadelphia.

★28 Dec 1767
Taksin the Great was crowned king of the newly established Thonburi Kingdom at the new capital of Thonburi in present-day Thailand.

★09 Dec 1775
American Revolutionary War: After their loss in the Battle of Great Bridge, British authorities were forced to evacuate from the Colony of Virginia.

★04 Mar 1776
American Revolutionary War: Using artillery transported from Ticonderoga, the Continental Army occupied Dorchester Heights, forcing the British to abandon Boston two weeks later.

★13 Apr 1777
American Revolutionary War: British and Hessian forces conducted a surprise attack against a Continental Army outpost at Bound Brook, New Jersey.

★14 Jun 1777
The Second Continental Congress adopted the stars and stripes design for the flag of the United States.

★31 Jul 1777
The Second Continental Congress passed a resolution allowing French nobleman the Marquis de Lafayette to enter the American revolutionary forces as a major general.

★19 May 1780
A combination of thick smoke, fog, and heavy cloud cover caused darkness to fall on parts of Canada and the New England area of the United States by noon.

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Noter : Gedstedpræ         stens sø         n, den vellæ         rde studius Klavs Borch der dø         de den 5/8 1782 som degn for Ulbjerg og Lynderup sogne, 71 å         r gammel. Gift med med Abel Kathrine Holm 1707-1772.