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
  • May 4 » Rhode Island becomes the first American colony to renounce allegiance to King George III.
  • 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 15 » American Revolutionary War: British forces land at Kip's Bay during the New York Campaign.
  • September 21 » Part of New York City is burned shortly after being occupied by British forces.
  • November 16 » American Revolution: The United Provinces (Low Countries) recognize the independence of the United States.
  • December 19 » Thomas Paine publishes one of a series of pamphlets in The Pennsylvania Journal entitled "The American Crisis".

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)