Schaeffer-Massung Family Tree » Anna Catharina WENDEL (1776-????)

Birthday January 1, 1776

• The temperature on January 1, 1776 was about 2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: omtrent helder. 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
  • April 12 » American Revolution: With the Halifax Resolves, the North Carolina Provincial Congress authorizes its Congressional delegation to vote for independence from Britain.
  • May 1 » Establishment of the Illuminati in Ingolstadt, Upper Bavaria, by Jesuit-taught Adam Weishaupt.
  • 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 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.
  • September 17 » The Presidio of San Francisco is founded in New Spain.
  • October 28 » American Revolutionary War: British troops attack and capture Chatterton Hill from the Continental Army.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1752 » Betsy Ross, American seamstress, credited with designing the Flag of the United States († 1836)
• 1768 » Maria Edgeworth, Anglo-Irish author († 1849)
• 1769 » Marie-Louise Lachapelle, French obstetrician († 1821)
• 1774 » André Marie Constant Duméril, French zoologist and academic († 1860)
• 1779 » William Clowes, English publisher († 1847)
• 1803 » Edward Dickinson, American politician and father of poet Emily Dickinson († 1874)