Genealogie Krab-van Laar » Aagje Klaas Smit (1776-????)

Birthday September 30, 1776

• The temperature on September 30, 1776 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northeast. 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
  • May 1 » Establishment of the Illuminati in Ingolstadt, Upper Bavaria, by Jesuit-taught Adam Weishaupt.
  • June 8 » American Revolutionary War: American attackers are driven back at the Battle of Trois-Rivières.
  • June 11 » The Continental Congress appoints Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston to the Committee of Five to draft a declaration of independence.
  • July 2 » American Revolution: The Continental Congress adopts a resolution severing ties with the Kingdom of Great Britain although the wording of the formal Declaration of Independence is not published until July 4.
  • July 8 » Church bells (possibly including the Liberty Bell) are rung after John Nixon delivers the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence of the United States.
  • 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.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1732 » Jacques Necker, Swiss-French politician, Prime Minister of France († 1804)
• 1743 » Christian Ehregott Weinlig, German cantor and composer († 1813)
• 1765 » José María Morelos, Mexican priest and general († 1815)
• 1800 » Decimus Burton, English architect, designed the Pharos Lighthouse († 1881)
• 1813 » John Rae, Scottish physician and explorer († 1893)
• 1814 » Lucinda Hinsdale Stone, American feminist, educator, and philanthropist († 1900)