Genealogy Familie Cavalera - Hirschberg » Jacobus Marten Heerinx (????-1776)

Day of death June 7, 1776

• The temperature on June 7, 1776 was about 12.0 °C. There was 66 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. 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
  • January 1 » American Revolutionary War: Norfolk, Virginia is burned by combined Royal Navy and Continental Army action.
  • March 3 » American Revolutionary War: The first amphibious landing of the United States Marine Corps begins the Battle of Nassau.
  • 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 10 » American Revolutionary War: Nathan Hale volunteers to spy for the Continental Army.
  • September 16 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Harlem Heights is fought.
  • November 16 » American Revolution: The United Provinces (Low Countries) recognize the independence of the United States.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1711 » Henry Dodwell, Irish scholar and theologian (b. 1641)
• 1779 » William Warburton, English bishop and critic (b. 1698)
• 1792 » Benjamin Tupper, American general and surveyor (b. 1738)
• 1810 » Luigi Schiavonetti, Italian engraver and etcher (b. 1765)
• 1826 » Joseph von Fraunhofer, German optician, physicist, and astronomer (b. 1787)
• 1840 » Frederick William III of Prussia (b. 1770)