Family tree Bindt » Harmen Ridderikhof (1776-????)

Birthday May 27, 1776

• The temperature on May 27, 1776 was about 13.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northeast. 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
  • January 27 » American Revolutionary War: Henry Knox's "noble train of artillery" arrives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
  • April 12 » American Revolution: With the Halifax Resolves, the North Carolina Provincial Congress authorizes its Congressional delegation to vote for independence from Britain.
  • 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.
  • 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 27 » Battle of Long Island: In what is now Brooklyn, New York, British forces under General William Howe defeat Americans under General George Washington.
  • September 17 » The Presidio of San Francisco is founded in New Spain.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1738 » Nathaniel Gorham, American merchant and politician, 14th President of the Continental Congress († 1796)
• 1756 » Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria († 1825)
• 1774 » Francis Beaufort, Irish hydrographer and officer in the Royal Navy († 1857)
• 1794 » Cornelius Vanderbilt, American businessman and philanthropist († 1877)
• 1814 » John Rudolph Niernsee, Viennese-born American architect (d.1885)
• 1815 » Henry Parkes, English-Australian politician, 7th Premier of New South Wales († 1896)