Conk/Robillard Family Tree » Alexis Benoit (1776-????)

Birthday January 7, 1776

• The temperature on January 7, 1776 was about -6 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: betrokken sneeuw. 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.
  • May 15 » American Revolution: The Fifth Virginia Convention instructs its Continental Congress delegation to propose a resolution of independence from Great Britain, paving the way for the United States Declaration of Independence.
  • June 28 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Sullivan's Island ends with the American victory, leading to the commemoration of Carolina Day.
  • 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.
  • July 9 » George Washington orders the Declaration of Independence to be read out to members of the Continental Army in Manhattan, while thousands of British troops on Staten Island prepare for the Battle of Long Island.
  • 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

• 1746 » George Elphinstone, 1st Viscount Keith, Scottish admiral and politician († 1823)
• 1768 » Joseph Bonaparte, Italian king († 1844)
• 1797 » Mariano Paredes, Mexican general and 16th president (1845-1846) († 1849)
• 1800 » Millard Fillmore, American politician, 13th President of the United States († 1874)
• 1814 » Robert Nicoll, Scottish poet (d.1837)
• 1815 » Elizabeth Louisa Foster Mather, American writer (d.1882)