Database Van Broekhoven » Adrianus van der Struijck (1776-????)

Birthday August 30, 1776

• The temperature on August 30, 1776 was about 16.0 °C. There was 44 mm of rainWind direction mainly south-southwest. 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
  • June 15 » Delaware Separation Day: Delaware votes to suspend government under the British Crown and separate officially from Pennsylvania.
  • August 10 » American Revolutionary War: Word of the United States Declaration of Independence reaches London.
  • September 15 » American Revolutionary War: British forces land at Kip's Bay during the New York Campaign.
  • December 7 » Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, arranges to enter the American military as a major general.
  • 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.
  • December 26 » American Revolutionary War: In the Battle of Trenton, the Continental Army attacks and successfully defeats a garrison of Hessian forces.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1720 » Samuel Whitbread, English brewer and politician, founded Whitbread († 1796)
• 1748 » Jacques-Louis David, French painter and illustrator († 1825)
• 1768 » Joseph Dennie, American author and journalist († 1812)
• 1797 » Mary Shelley, English novelist and playwright († 1851)
• 1812 » Agoston Haraszthy, Hungarian-American businessman, founded Buena Vista Winery († 1869)
• 1818 » Alexander H. Rice, American businessman and politician, 30th Governor of Massachusetts († 1895)