Arbre Chatelain » Anne Catherine DUMONT (1776-????)

Birthday September 10, 1776

• The temperature on September 10, 1776 was about 14.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. 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 1776: Source: Wikipedia
  • March 3 » American Revolutionary War: The first amphibious landing of the United States Marine Corps begins the Battle of Nassau.
  • March 4 » American Revolutionary War: The Continental Army fortifies Dorchester Heights with cannon, leading the British troops to abandon the Siege of Boston.
  • March 9 » The Wealth of Nations by Scottish economist and philosopher Adam Smith is published.
  • October 28 » American Revolutionary War: British troops attack and capture Chatterton Hill from the Continental Army.
  • November 29 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Fort Cumberland, Nova Scotia, comes to an end with the arrival of British reinforcements.
  • December 25 » George Washington and the Continental Army cross the Delaware River at night to attack Hessian forces serving Great Britain at Trenton, New Jersey, the next day.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1753 » John Soane, English architect and academic, designed the Royal Academy and Freemasons' Hall († 1837)
• 1758 » Hannah Webster Foster, American author († 1840)
• 1786 » Nicolás Bravo, Mexican soldier and politician, 11th President of Mexico († 1854)
• 1786 » William Mason, American surgeon and politician († 1860)
• 1788 » Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes, French archaeologist and author († 1868)
• 1793 » Harriet Arbuthnot, English diarist († 1834)