Dreyer Tree » Hermanus Bernhardus Pieters (1776-????)

Birthday November 29, 1776

• The temperature on November 29, 1776 was about 2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east by south. 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 1776: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 27 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge in North Carolina breaks up a Loyalist militia.
  • April 12 » American Revolution: With the Halifax Resolves, the North Carolina Provincial Congress authorizes its Congressional delegation to vote for independence from Britain.
  • June 7 » Richard Henry Lee presents the "Lee Resolution" to the Continental Congress. The motion is seconded by John Adams and will lead to the United States Declaration of Independence.
  • August 2 » The signing of the United States Declaration of Independence took place.
  • November 16 » American Revolution: The United Provinces (Low Countries) recognize the independence of the United States.
  • November 29 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Fort Cumberland, Nova Scotia, comes to an end with the arrival of British reinforcements.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1752 » Jemima Wilkinson, American evangelist († 1819)
• 1781 » Andrés Bello, Venezuelan poet and philosopher († 1865)
• 1797 » Gaetano Donizetti, Italian composer († 1848)
• 1798 » Alexander Brullov, Russian painter and architect, designed the Pulkovo Observatory († 1877)
• 1799 » Amos Bronson Alcott, American philosopher and academic († 1888)
• 1802 » Wilhelm Hauff, German poet and author († 1827)