Family tree Dijkxhoorn » Marinus de Vos (1777-????)

Birthday March 30, 1777

• The temperature on March 30, 1777 was about 7.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly north-northwest. 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 1777: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 2 » American Revolutionary War: American forces under the command of George Washington repulsed a British attack at the Battle of the Assunpink Creek near Trenton, New Jersey.
  • April 26 » Sybil Ludington, aged 16, rode 40 miles (64km) to alert American colonial forces to the approach of the British regular forces
  • October 6 » American Revolutionary War: British forces capture Forts Clinton and Montgomery on the Hudson River.
  • October 7 » American Revolutionary War: The Americans defeat the British in the Second Battle of Saratoga, also known as the Battle of Bemis Heights.
  • November 17 » Articles of Confederation (United States) are submitted to the states for ratification.
  • December 18 » The United States celebrates its first Thanksgiving, marking the recent victory by the American rebels over British General John Burgoyne at Saratoga in October.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1746 » Francisco Goya, Spanish-French painter and sculptor († 1828)
• 1750 » John Stafford Smith, English organist and composer († 1836)
• 1793 » Juan Manuel de Rosas, Argentinian soldier and politician, 13th Governor of Buenos Aires Province († 1877)
• 1805 » Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, German-Swedish linguist and botanist († 1887)
• 1811 » Robert Bunsen, German chemist and academic († 1899)
• 1820 » Anna Sewell, English author († 1878)