Brown/Calvert Tree » Maria Catharina Mathews (1776-????)

Birthday January 21, 1776

• The temperature on January 21, 1776 was about -4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: 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 1776: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 1 » American Revolutionary War: Norfolk, Virginia is burned by combined Royal Navy and Continental Army action.
  • January 27 » American Revolutionary War: Henry Knox's "noble train of artillery" arrives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
  • February 27 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge in North Carolina breaks up a Loyalist militia.
  • March 4 » American Revolutionary War: The Continental Army fortifies Dorchester Heights with cannon, leading the British troops to abandon the Siege of Boston.
  • July 8 » Church bells (possibly including the Liberty Bell) are rung after John Nixon delivers the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence of the United States.
  • August 27 » Battle of Long Island: In what is now Brooklyn, New York, British forces under General William Howe defeat Americans under General George Washington.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1763 » Augustin Robespierre, younger brother of French Revolutionary leader Maximilien Robespierre († 1794)
• 1775 » Manuel Garcia, Spanish opera singer and composer († 1832)
• 1784 » Peter De Wint, English painter († 1849)
• 1788 » William Henry Smyth, Royal Navy officer, hydrographer, astronomer and numismatist
• 1796 » Princess Marie of Hesse-Kassel, consort of George, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz († 1880)
• 1797 » Joseph Méry, French author and journalist († 1866)