Dreyer Tree » Johannes Petrus Mostert (1777-????)

Birthday June 29, 1777

• The temperature on June 29, 1777 was about 19.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west. 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 1777: Source: Wikipedia
  • April 26 » Sybil Ludington, aged 16, rode 40 miles (64km) to alert American colonial forces to the approach of the British regular forces
  • October 4 » American Revolutionary War: Troops under George Washington are repelled by British troops under William Howe.
  • October 17 » American Revolutionary War: British General John Burgoyne surrenders his army at Saratoga, New York.
  • October 22 » American Revolutionary War: American defenders of Fort Mercer on the Delaware River repulse repeated Hessian attacks in the Battle of Red Bank.
  • November 29 » San Jose, California, is founded as Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe by José Joaquín Moraga. It is the first civilian settlement, or pueblo, in Alta California.
  • December 18 » The United States celebrates its first Thanksgiving, marking the recent victory by the American rebels over British General John Burgoyne at Saratoga in October.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1768 » Vincenzo Dimech, Maltese sculptor († 1831)
• 1787 » Lavinia Stoddard, American poet, school founder († 1820)
• 1793 » Josef Ressel, Czech-Austrian inventor, invented the propeller († 1857)
• 1798 » Giacomo Leopardi, Italian poet and philosopher († 1837)
• 1798 » Willibald Alexis, German author and poet († 1871)
• 1801 » Frédéric Bastiat, French economist and theorist († 1850)