Dinteloord en omliggende gemeenten » Hendrik Haaften van (1777-????)

Birthday October 19, 1777

• The temperature on October 19, 1777 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. 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 1777: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 3 » American General George Washington defeats British General Lord Cornwallis at the Battle of Princeton.
  • June 13 » American Revolutionary War: Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette lands near Charleston, South Carolina, in order to help the Continental Congress to train its army.
  • July 6 » American Revolutionary War: Siege of Fort Ticonderoga: After a bombardment by British artillery under General John Burgoyne, American forces retreat from Fort Ticonderoga, New York.
  • July 31 » The U.S. Second Continental Congress passes a resolution that the services of Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette "be accepted, and that, in consideration of his zeal, illustrious family and connexions, he have the rank and commission of major-general of the United States."
  • October 7 » American Revolutionary War: The Americans defeat the British in the Second Battle of Saratoga, also known as the Battle of Bemis Heights.
  • October 17 » American Revolutionary War: British General John Burgoyne surrenders his army at Saratoga, New York.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1721 » Joseph de Guignes, French orientalist and sinologist († 1800)
• 1784 » Leigh Hunt, English poet and critic († 1859)
• 1789 » Theophilos Kairis, Greek priest and philosopher († 1853)
• 1810 » Cassius Marcellus Clay, American journalist, lawyer, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Russia († 1903)
• 1814 » Theodoros Vryzakis, Greek painter († 1878)
• 1826 » Ralph Tollemache, English priest († 1895)