David G Cohen Family Tree » Mary French (1776-????)

Birthday November 26, 1776

• The temperature on November 26, 1776 was about 3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: 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
  • April 7 » Captain John Barry and the USSLexington captures the Edward.
  • May 1 » Establishment of the Illuminati in Ingolstadt, Upper Bavaria, by Jesuit-taught Adam Weishaupt.
  • 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.
  • 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.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1727 » Artemas Ward, American general and politician († 1800)
• 1731 » William Cowper, English poet and hymnwriter († 1800)
• 1792 » Sarah Moore Grimké, American author and activist († 1873)
• 1817 » Charles Adolphe Wurtz, Alsatian-French chemist († 1884)
• 1827 » Ellen G. White, American religious leader and author, co-founded the Seventh-day Adventist Church († 1915)
• 1828 » Robert Battey, American surgeon and academic († 1895)