Stambomen Besseling/k & Kraaijvanger » Pieter Velthuijs (1776-????)

Birthday February 21, 1776

• The temperature on February 21, 1776 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-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
  • April 6 » American Revolutionary War: Ships of the Continental Navy fail in their attempt to capture a Royal Navy dispatch boat.
  • 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.
  • August 10 » American Revolutionary War: Word of the United States Declaration of Independence reaches London.
  • October 28 » American Revolutionary War: British troops attack and capture Chatterton Hill from the Continental Army.
  • December 19 » Thomas Paine publishes one of a series of pamphlets in The Pennsylvania Journal entitled "The American Crisis".

Source: Wikipedia

• 1783 » Catharina of Württemberg († 1835)
• 1788 » Francis Ronalds, British scientist, inventor and engineer who was knighted for developing the first working electric telegraph († 1873)
• 1791 » Carl Czerny, Austrian pianist and composer († 1857)
• 1794 » Antonio López de Santa Anna, Mexican general and politician, 8th President of Mexico († 1876)
• 1801 » John Henry Newman, English cardinal († 1890)
• 1817 » José Zorrilla, Spanish poet and playwright († 1893)