Family tree Dijkxhoorn » Meindert de Vroom (1779-????)

Birthday November 21, 1779

• The temperature on November 21, 1779 was about 1.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east by south. 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 1779: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 14 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Kettle Creek is fought in Georgia.
  • May 13 » War of the Bavarian Succession: Russian and French mediators at the Congress of Teschen negotiate an end to the war. In the agreement Austria receives the part of its territory that was taken from it (the Innviertel).
  • July 6 » Battle of Grenada: The French defeat British naval forces during the American Revolutionary War.
  • July 16 » American Revolutionary War: Light infantry of the Continental Army seize a fortified British Army position in a midnight bayonet attack at the Battle of Stony Point.
  • August 13 » American Revolutionary War: The Royal Navy defeats the Penobscot Expedition with the most significant loss of United States naval forces prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor.
  • September 28 » American Revolution: Samuel Huntington is elected President of the Continental Congress, succeeding John Jay.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1760 » Joseph Plumb Martin, American sergeant († 1850)
• 1768 » Friedrich Schleiermacher, German theologian, philosopher, and scholar († 1834)
• 1785 » William Beaumont, American surgeon, "Father of Gastric Physiology" († 1853)
• 1787 » Samuel Cunard, Canadian businessman, founded the Cunard Line († 1865)
• 1811 » Ludwik Gorzkowski, Polish politician, physicist and revolutionary activist († 1857)
• 1811 » Zeng Guofan, Chinese general and politician, Viceroy of Liangjiang († 1872)