Family tree De Backer - Evers » Anna Maria Deridder (1776-????)

Birthday January 3, 1776

• The temperature on January 3, 1776 was about -2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: 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.
  • June 8 » American Revolutionary War: American attackers are driven back at the Battle of Trois-Rivières.
  • August 31 » William Livingston, the first Governor of New Jersey, begins serving his first term.
  • September 7 » According to American colonial reports, Ezra Lee makes the world's first submarine attack in the Turtle, attempting to attach a time bomb to the hull of HMS Eagle in New York Harbor (no British records of this attack exist).
  • September 9 » The Continental Congress officially names its union of states the United States.
  • December 25 » George Washington and the Continental Army cross the Delaware River at night to attack Hessian forces serving Great Britain at Trenton, New Jersey, the next day.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1760 » Veerapandiya Kattabomman, Indian ruler († 1799)
• 1775 » Francis Caulfeild, 2nd Earl of Charlemont († 1863)
• 1778 » Antoni Melchior Fijałkowski, Polish archbishop († 1861)
• 1793 » Lucretia Mott, American activist († 1880)
• 1802 » Charles Pelham Villiers, English lawyer and politician († 1898)
• 1803 » Douglas William Jerrold, English journalist and playwright († 1857)