Genealogy Marie Laure » Augustin Valentin Fontaine (1776-1805)

Birthday February 10, 1776

• The temperature on February 10, 1776 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-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
  • June 8 » American Revolutionary War: American attackers are driven back at the Battle of Trois-Rivières.
  • 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 7 » According to American colonial reports, Ezra Lee makes the world's first submarine attack in the Turtle, attempting to attach a time bomb to the hull of HMS Eagle in New York Harbor (no British records of this attack exist).
  • September 22 » Nathan Hale is hanged for spying during the American Revolution.
  • 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

• 1744 » William Cornwallis, English admiral and politician († 1819)
• 1766 » Benjamin Smith Barton, American botanist and physician († 1815)
• 1775 » Charles Lamb, English poet and essayist († 1834)
• 1785 » Claude-Louis Navier, French physicist and engineer († 1836)
• 1795 » Ary Scheffer, Dutch-French painter and academic († 1858)
• 1797 » George Chichester, 3rd Marquess of Donegall († 1883)