Clymer Weir Cox Genealogy » Daniel Ritter Knauss Jr. (1776-????)

Birthday July 16, 1776

• The temperature on July 16, 1776 was about 19.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken weerlicht. 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
  • June 8 » American Revolutionary War: American attackers are driven back at the Battle of Trois-Rivières.
  • July 2 » American Revolution: The Continental Congress adopts a resolution severing ties with the Kingdom of Great Britain although the wording of the formal Declaration of Independence is not published until July 4.
  • November 29 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Fort Cumberland, Nova Scotia, comes to an end with the arrival of British reinforcements.
  • December 5 » Phi Beta Kappa, the oldest academic honor society in the U.S., holds its first meeting at the College of William & Mary.
  • December 19 » Thomas Paine publishes one of a series of pamphlets in The Pennsylvania Journal entitled "The American Crisis".
  • December 26 » American Revolutionary War: In the Battle of Trenton, the Continental Army attacks and successfully defeats a garrison of Hessian forces.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1722 » Joseph Wilton, English sculptor and academic († 1803)
• 1723 » Joshua Reynolds, English painter and academic († 1792)
• 1731 » Samuel Huntington, American jurist and politician, 18th Governor of Connecticut († 1796)
• 1749 » Cyrus Griffin, American lawyer, judge, and politician, 16th President of the Continental Congress († 1810)
• 1796 » Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, French painter and etcher († 1875)
• 1821 » Mary Baker Eddy, American religious leader and author, founded Christian Science († 1910)