Database Van Broekhoven » Petrus van Britsem (1776-????)

Birthday June 24, 1776

• The temperature on June 24, 1776 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: zeer 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
  • March 9 » The Wealth of Nations by Scottish economist and philosopher Adam Smith is published.
  • June 8 » American Revolutionary War: American attackers are driven back at the Battle of Trois-Rivières.
  • 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.
  • September 7 » According to American colonial reports, Ezra Lee makes the world's first submarine attack in the Turtle, attempting to attach a time bomb to the hull of HMS Eagle in New York Harbor (no British records of this attack exist).
  • September 22 » Nathan Hale is hanged for spying during the American Revolution.
  • 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

• 1771 » Éleuthère Irénée du Pont, French chemist and businessman, founded DuPont († 1834)
• 1774 » Antonio González de Balcarce, Argentinian commander and politician, 5th Supreme Director of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata († 1819)
• 1774 » François-Nicolas-Benoît Haxo, French general and engineer († 1838)
• 1777 » John Ross, Scottish commander and explorer († 1856)
• 1782 » Juan Larrea, Argentinian captain and politician († 1847)
• 1783 » Johann Heinrich von Thünen, German economist and geographer († 1850)