Andersen family tree » Geertje van Zevenbergen (1776-????)

Birthday September 15, 1776

• The temperature on September 15, 1776 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly 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
  • March 2 » American Revolutionary War: Patriot militia units arrest the Royal Governor of Georgia James Wright and attempt to prevent capture of supply ships in the Battle of the Rice Boats.
  • April 12 » American Revolution: With the Halifax Resolves, the North Carolina Provincial Congress authorizes its Congressional delegation to vote for independence from Britain.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • October 11 » American Revolution: A fleet of American boats on Lake Champlain is defeated by the Royal Navy, but delays the British advance until 1777.
  • November 16 » American Revolution: The United Provinces (Low Countries) recognize the independence of the United States.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1736 » Jean Sylvain Bailly, French astronomer, mathematician, and politician, 1st Mayor of Paris († 1793)
• 1759 » Cornelio Saavedra, Argentinean general and politician († 1829)
• 1760 » Bogislav Friedrich Emanuel von Tauentzien, Prussian general († 1824)
• 1765 » Manuel Maria Barbosa du Bocage, Portuguese poet and author († 1805)
• 1789 » James Fenimore Cooper, American novelist, short story writer, and historian († 1851)
• 1815 » Halfdan Kjerulf, Norwegian journalist and composer († 1868)