Genealogy Van Loo-Malcorps » Petrus Franciscus RENTY (1776-????)

Birthday February 17, 1776

• The temperature on February 17, 1776 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east by south. Weather type: betrokken regen. 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
  • March 28 » Juan Bautista de Anza finds the site for the Presidio of San Francisco.
  • May 15 » American Revolution: The Fifth Virginia Convention instructs its Continental Congress delegation to propose a resolution of independence from Great Britain, paving the way for the United States Declaration of Independence.
  • July 4 » American Revolution: The United States Declaration of Independence is adopted by the Second Continental Congress.
  • September 10 » American Revolutionary War: Nathan Hale volunteers to spy for the Continental Army.
  • November 16 » American Revolution: The United Provinces (Low Countries) recognize the independence of the United States.
  • December 25 » George Washington and the Continental Army cross the Delaware River at night to attack Hessian forces serving Great Britain at Trenton, New Jersey, the next day.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1740 » Horace-Bénédict de Saussure, Swiss physicist and meteorologist († 1799)
• 1752 » Friedrich Maximilian Klinger, German author and playwright († 1831)
• 1754 » Nicolas Baudin, French cartographer and explorer († 1803)
• 1758 » John Pinkerton, Scottish antiquarian, cartographer, author, numismatist and historian († 1826)
• 1781 » René Laennec, French physician, invented the stethoscope († 1826)
• 1796 » Philipp Franz von Siebold, German physician and botanist († 1866)