Family tree Harmsen-de Vries » Joannes Pieter van Driessen (1787-????)

Birthday February 11, 1787

• The temperature on February 11, 1787 was about 6.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south by east. Weather type: 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 1787: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 25 » Shays's Rebellion: The rebellion's largest confrontation, outside the Springfield Armory, results in the killing of four rebels and the wounding of twenty.
  • February 3 » Militia led by General Benjamin Lincoln crush the remnants of Shays' Rebellion in Petersham, Massachusetts.
  • July 13 » The Continental Congress enacts the Northwest Ordinance establishing governing rules for the Northwest Territory. It also establishes procedures for the admission of new states and limits the expansion of slavery.
  • September 28 » The Congress of the Confederation votes to send the newly-written United States Constitution to the state legislatures for approval.
  • October 1 » Russians under Alexander Suvorov defeat the Turks at Kinburn.
  • October 29 » Mozart's opera Don Giovanni receives its first performance in Prague.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1764 » Joseph Chénier, French poet and playwright († 1811)
• 1776 » Ioannis Kapodistrias, Greek politician, 1st Governor of Greece († 1831)
• 1800 » Henry Fox Talbot, English photographer and politician, invented the calotype († 1877)
• 1802 » Lydia Maria Child, American journalist, author, and activist († 1880)
• 1805 » Jean Baptiste Charbonneau, Native American-French Canadian explorer († 1866)
• 1812 » Alexander H. Stephens, American lawyer and politician, Vice President of the Confederate States of America († 1883)