Family tree De Backer - Evers » Joannes Baptista Meysmans (1776-1777)

Birthday July 20, 1776

• The temperature on July 20, 1776 was about 24.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south. Weather type: zeer betrokken. 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 7 » Captain John Barry and the USSLexington captures the Edward.
  • 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.
  • June 28 » American Revolutionary War: Thomas Hickey, Continental Army private and bodyguard to General George Washington, is hanged for mutiny and sedition.
  • 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 31 » William Livingston, the first Governor of New Jersey, begins serving his first term.
  • November 16 » American Revolution: The United Provinces (Low Countries) recognize the independence of the United States.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1754 » Antoine Destutt de Tracy, French philosopher and academic († 1836)
• 1757 » Garsevan Chavchavadze, Georgian politician and diplomat († 1811)
• 1762 » Jakob Haibel, Austrian tenor and composer († 1826)
• 1774 » Auguste de Marmont, French general († 1852)
• 1789 » Mahmud II, Ottoman sultan († 1839)
• 1804 » Richard Owen, English biologist, anatomist, and paleontologist († 1892)