Genealogische data Golse Genen » Willem Bombeij (1776-????)

Birthday February 20, 1776

• The temperature on February 20, 1776 was about 6.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. 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 1 » Establishment of the Illuminati in Ingolstadt, Upper Bavaria, by Jesuit-taught Adam Weishaupt.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • November 29 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Fort Cumberland, Nova Scotia, comes to an end with the arrival of British reinforcements.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1753 » Louis-Alexandre Berthier, French general and politician, French Minister of Defence († 1815)
• 1759 » Johann Christian Reil, German physician, physiologist, and anatomist († 1813)
• 1774 » Vicente Sebastián Pintado, Spanish cartographer, engineer, military officer and land surveyor of Spanish Louisiana and Spanish West Florida († 1829)
• 1784 » Judith Montefiore, British linguist, travel writer, philanthropist († 1862)
• 1792 » Eliza Courtney, French daughter of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire († 1859)
• 1794 » William Carleton, Irish author († 1869)