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

Birthday September 24, 1776

• The temperature on September 24, 1776 was about 14.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-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
  • 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 11 » British–American peace conference on Staten Island fails to stop nascent American Revolutionary War.
  • September 22 » Nathan Hale is hanged for spying during the American Revolution.
  • November 29 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Fort Cumberland, Nova Scotia, comes to an end with the arrival of British reinforcements.
  • December 19 » Thomas Paine publishes one of a series of pamphlets in The Pennsylvania Journal entitled "The American Crisis".

Source: Wikipedia

• 1755 » John Marshall, American Continental Army officer, jurist, and politician, 4th Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court († 1835)
• 1761 » F.L.Æ. Kunzen, German-Danish composer and conductor († 1817)
• 1796 » Antoine-Louis Barye, French sculptor and educator († 1875)
• 1801 » Mikhail Ostrogradsky, Ukrainian-Russian mathematician and physicist († 1862)
• 1802 » Adolphe d'Archiac, French paleontologist and geologist († 1868)
• 1812 » Mary Ann Browne, British poet and writer of musical scores († 1845)