Database Van Broekhoven » Petrus Horemans (1776-????)

Birthday November 10, 1776

• The temperature on November 10, 1776 was about 4.0 °C. Weather type: betrokken mist. 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 2 » American Revolutionary War: Patriot militia units arrest the Royal Governor of Georgia James Wright and attempt to prevent capture of supply ships in the Battle of the Rice Boats.
  • June 28 » American Revolutionary War: Thomas Hickey, Continental Army private and bodyguard to General George Washington, is hanged for mutiny and sedition.
  • 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 11 » British–American peace conference on Staten Island fails to stop nascent American Revolutionary War.
  • September 22 » Nathan Hale is hanged for spying during the American Revolution.
  • November 29 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Fort Cumberland, Nova Scotia, comes to an end with the arrival of British reinforcements.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1755 » Franz Anton Ries, German violinist and educator († 1846)
• 1759 » Friedrich Schiller, German poet, playwright, and historian († 1805)
• 1764 » Andrés Manuel del Rio, Spanish-Mexican scientist and discoverer of vanadium († 1849)
• 1779 » Anne-Marie Javouhey, French nun, founder of the Sisters of St Joseph of Cluny († 1851)
• 1801 » Samuel Gridley Howe, American physician and activist († 1876)
• 1801 » Vladimir Dal, Russian lexicographer and author († 1872)